...before having to wake up at 2:30 in the morning. We decided to wake up early and get a head start since we had a train to catch at 4:53 am to Carcassonne. Since there was no metro yet that early in the morning, and we didn't know how far the drive is from Rue des Martyrs to Gare du Nord, we decided to play it safe. So, at 3:45, we headed down the street to wait for a cab. Apparently, it's not that hard to find a cab at that ungodly hour, and it takes 10 minutes to get to the metro station. Of course, ot wasn't open yet so our cab driver was sweet enough to drop us off at a cafe across the station, where he said it was safer to wait. So, our last meal in Paris turned out to be 2 decafs and a crepe with Nutella. :)
We got to our platform with time to spare but when we looked at the train schedule, the ome we were trying to catch was not there. The first available one leaves at 530 am. We were to learn later that there was a train that left the 4:53, but it was on a different platform. No worries. Good thing our next carrier was not until 6:58.
As we boarded the 530 train, I breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing our love/hate relationship with trains was to follow us in Europe...
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