On Mar 25, 2008, at 01:14 , Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
Marco Antoniotti writes:
On Mar 22, 2008, at 10:27 , Robert Strandh wrote:
Marco Antoniotti writes:
... a little search would make a trip either through Frankfurt or Paris the best bets.
Of course it depends on where you are coming from, but Amsterdam and London are also possible, and Amsterdam is a nicer airport than Paris.
I am coming from west of Milan. The best would be is SNCF had a serious east-west line. But they don't.
There are TGV's going east-west, thru Toulouse to Bordeaux. Perhaps you'll have to change at Avignon, but if you want to go from Milan to Bordeaux in train, you don't need to go thru Paris.
Well, from Milan the best is to get to Chambery and Lyon and then west from there. The SNCF site only gives me routes though Paris though. No Toulouse route is shown. Would going via Nice be a possibility? In any case it looks the plane is still the best bet.
Now, if you want to finance a tunnel thru the Massif Central (and round the volcans), I'm sure the SNCF wouldn't mind the subvention.
Come on. A new huge tunnel will be carved through the Alps soon. A third of the money comes from the French side. Just throw in a few more euros and get past those hills you call the Massif Central :) Besides, I think these projects should be financed directly by our beyond-the-Channel friends. :)
Cheers -- Marco