tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post7612550075933334609..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: International ExpressAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-54376855336750692602009-08-05T08:22:46.720+02:002009-08-05T08:22:46.720+02:00Adam, the "ugly" renovation of the Port ...Adam, the "ugly" renovation of the Port Authority came after my various visits in the sixties. I remember having "Thanksgiving" supper in a "diner" inside the terminal in 1967. I was between buses, going from Boston to Chicago on Greyhound (its called "riding the dog"). I remember the terminals interior as being kind of friendly. The usual newsstand, Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-36872409569787647172009-08-04T16:38:07.867+02:002009-08-04T16:38:07.867+02:00terrific post. the lighting in the photos evokes t...terrific post. the lighting in the photos evokes the lonely noir feeling I always associate with long bus tripsLauriehttp://theparisblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-38948830329712124902009-08-03T23:42:07.772+02:002009-08-03T23:42:07.772+02:00I love long distance buses. When I first moved to ...I love long distance buses. When I first moved to Europe, I lived in Greece and would take the Magic Bus 2-3 times a year to London. This was back when Yugoslavia still existed. The adventures we had could (maybe will) make a book some day. I stopped going back and forth by bus when they got everything so correctly organised that you could count on arriving in the specified 4 nigh5ts and 5 days -marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749049392512929663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-33324845525155792932009-08-03T21:27:35.283+02:002009-08-03T21:27:35.283+02:00Thanks for the journey.
And thanks for your posit...Thanks for the journey.<br /><br />And thanks for your positive vibes re my recent surgery and quick recovery! Thank you!Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-41474242183731172752009-08-03T21:07:22.903+02:002009-08-03T21:07:22.903+02:00I love the photos - really atmospheric. And feel g...I love the photos - really atmospheric. And feel glad that nowadays I can afford the Eurostar...CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-69700695098953706722009-08-03T20:44:38.495+02:002009-08-03T20:44:38.495+02:00Thanks for all the contributions. There seems to b...Thanks for all the contributions. There seems to be a difference between the European and US experience on buses, but I think that can be quite easily explained. When I took that bus to Hungary, it went through 4 different countries and it was filled with Hungarians, Germans, the French and at least one Brit. As soon as anyone asks a question there are just so many channels the conversation can Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-77342138772669357622009-08-03T20:17:51.818+02:002009-08-03T20:17:51.818+02:00Great post. Cross-country or inter-city bus travel...Great post. Cross-country or inter-city bus travel in the U.S. can have a somewhat cutthroat air. The classic passive-aggressive move for the solo traveller is to find a window seat, place a large backpack on the aisle seat, then feign sleep when other solo passengers come down the aisle, helplessly looking for a place to sit. But other forms of transport - the cross-country Amtrak trains or the Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-5233231971636684172009-08-03T19:03:47.101+02:002009-08-03T19:03:47.101+02:00I've used the "mythical" Greyhound a...I've used the "mythical" Greyhound a couple of times. It's not too bad, but then, I didn't travel very far. I think my problem with a long trip on a bus would be that you can't get up and walk around when you want. Nor do I remember any sort of comradeship between passengers.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-33966766559501226542009-08-03T15:12:27.409+02:002009-08-03T15:12:27.409+02:00Tu as raison / la sécurité des hôpitaux, Adam.
En...Tu as raison / la sécurité des hôpitaux, Adam. <br />En ce qui concerne cette attente que j'ai montrée elle se situe juste dans l'entrée de ce petit hôpital et il n'y a pas grande distance à couvrir pour arriver à l'unité périnatale et dans les 10 chambres des mamans avec leur bébé qui sont au RdC. Il y a juste une personne à l'accueil pour surveiller mais qui peut s'Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-54547052788620330242009-08-03T11:58:25.214+02:002009-08-03T11:58:25.214+02:00Ma fille a vêcu à Berlin et avant les low cost, pa...Ma fille a vêcu à Berlin et avant les low cost, parce qu'elle ne voulait pas nous revenir cher, elle a pris l'autocar régulièrement pour faire la route entre Berlin et Paris, ou Düsseldorf, ou est allée de Berlin à Prague ou à Vienne par ce même moyen de locomotion ; depuis Dûsseldorf et depuis Berlin elle a beaucoup pratiqué ensuite le co-voiturage puis lorsqu'ils ont eu leur propre Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-72073236814935140432009-08-03T04:14:32.551+02:002009-08-03T04:14:32.551+02:00Memories, memories.. if we could revisit those we ...Memories, memories.. if we could revisit those we have lost touch with the same way, it would be sometimes wonderful.<br />Nice post.Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-23542412566822676092009-08-03T02:32:48.030+02:002009-08-03T02:32:48.030+02:00Oouuff, you just brought back ten tons of memories...Oouuff, you just brought back ten tons of memories for this traveller... I used the Eurolines service a few times between London and Paris, overnight trips during which sleep was never an option, and arriving in the dimmest and glummest of terminals... am thinking I still have a Eurolines ticket tucked in a scrapbook around here somewhere... THANKS for helping me dredge up memories, including Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-18959333810596363122009-08-03T01:55:46.994+02:002009-08-03T01:55:46.994+02:00Here in the broad middle of the USA, I think many ...Here in the broad middle of the USA, I think many Americans view the bus (short or long trip) as the transport option of last resort. Typically, if you can afford to have a car, you do--it's your castle on wheels. 30 years ago, I did periodic 5-hr. bus rides to visit an out-of-state boyfriend. I don't recall much socializing between passengers on these trips. People kept very much to margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426992542438409562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-28650175877425078772009-08-03T01:35:04.727+02:002009-08-03T01:35:04.727+02:00Another wonderful post. I never have experienced t...Another wonderful post. I never have experienced this terminal, and hope I am never in a position of needing to. Yet I am glad to know of it, for I am sure it has played a part in so many people's lives.<br /><br />As to "celebrated" bus terminals, the closest I can think of is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_Bus_Terminal" rel="nofollow">New York's Port Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-54298551378354129022009-08-02T22:26:06.882+02:002009-08-02T22:26:06.882+02:00I've visited paris a couple of times and reall...I've visited paris a couple of times and really enjoyed reading your blog =)Rani from Cupcake Couturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702661249908474706noreply@blogger.com