Thalys

... the English Channel to Paris. From Paris we took a quick weekend trip to Monaco and also visited the sites around Paris, Fontainbleau.... After Paris we took the fast Thalys train to Amsterdam and then toured throughout southern and northern Holland.

First Thalys Trip Tres Bien! Perfect words to describe the Thalys train and our first trip on the Thalys. I suppose it is a TGV, but it is newer and more special. I was really excited to be on this train, for it is the first time on one of ...

... That is if you include transfer time to airport, wait for check in and of course the dreaded security checks. I must say that I liked the Thalys train, and would probably take it again if I would had to go to Paris. We arrived at Gare du Nord in the ...

Thurs September 25th Off to Brussels. We caught the Thalys train out of Amsterdam Centraal station and arrived at the Brussels Midi station, from my research on the maps I knew we need to go to the Noord Brussels station. (We got on another train, that ...

We just passed through Brussels and I could not see much from the train - there were some buildings from a distance and one of them had a really cool looking dome. In no time at all we will be in ...

... een 'ja'! Stelling 2 kwam op de dag van vertrek tot uiting. Aan onze vlucht, die vanuit Schiphol vertrok, was een Thalys-ticket vanuit Antwerpen gekoppeld. KLM geeft zijn klanten niet de keuze hoe laat die wensen te vertrekken en heeft aldus geboekt om ...

... near. So far, so good…the train was still running and on time. We made our way to a very crowded platform; the Thalys cancelation had created a huge mess for travelers to Brussels. As the train approached, we could only hope that a door would stop ...

... for their initial visit to the European continent. Our plan was to stay in Amsterdam through the weekend, then take the high-speed Thalys train to Paris Monday morning. Given that our spring weather has been, in a word, miserable, we all had our ...

... blocking the tracks further on, so off we go onto a regular Dutch train to get to Schipol.  So put another stake in the "Thalys is useless in BE/NE" heart. Of course my flight was perfect, the entertainment was great, we landed almost an hour early, ...

... eventually got something to drink and eat. We had yummy goat cheese, tomato and ham sandwiches and I had an espresso. Caught the Thalys train to Brussels and transfered from there to Brugge. The second train was great because we had the whole car to ...

... huffed and puffed, happy that we made it on time but saddened that the train was late, thereby rendering our rushing redundant. The Thalys trip was the same as the 2 prior, with slow single line working on the Belgian border due to track upgrades. It ...

... woke late on Monday for a leisurely breakfast before heading off to Gare du Nord. Although we had our seat reservations for our Thalys journey to Brussels, the SNCF employee who gave them to us didn't want to validate our Eurail passes until the day of ...

... and Germany and weren't aware that we would be traveling through Belgium when we booked the seats from Hannover to Paris). Although the Thalys train was cramped and not the most comfortable trip, it did travel at speeds close to 300km/hr so we arrived at ...

...  graag nog terug aan het eind van mijn trip. English version: 02/11/2011: I left around 6:30 am from home and take the Thalys from Rotterdam Central Station at 7:23 to Schiphol. I arrived in time on the airport for my flight from 10:00 am. After some ...

... karena bedanya orang kita dan orang eropa mereka pandai dalam hal complain dan berdebat dia minta dipertemukan dengan manager thalys, si mba2 bagian counter akhirnya bilang, 'yah kalo kau bersikeras nanti tunggu saja kereta berikutnya dan coba bicara ...

... before our train would arrive.  We watched as the young and not-so-young pickpockets mingled in the crowds. We boarded the Thalys train.  Our luggage will hopefully meet up with us later?  The Thalys travels at speeds up to 300kph.  ...

... verder te zetten, hebben we uiteraard eerst een Burger King gegeten als ontbijt (om 7u 's ochtends!!!! :-) ), om dan richting de thalys te wandelen die ons veilig en wel terug naar Antwerpen moet vervoeren... Ware het niet dat de thalys uiteraard meer ...

... fries. Hopped the metro back to Gare du Nord and checked our bags out of the locker. Waited for the train for a bit, then boarded the Thalys to Amsterdam. The Thalys is exactly like the Acela in the US. The train was full with passengers, but everyone's ...