{"id":21020,"date":"2018-04-26T07:44:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21020"},"modified":"2018-04-25T12:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T16:54:46","slug":"two-years-ago-i-traveled-by-tgv-from-brussels-to-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/two-years-ago-i-traveled-by-tgv-from-brussels-to-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years Ago I Traveled by TGV from Brussels to Bordeaux."},"content":{"rendered":"

SNCF\u2019s magnificently engineered high-speed railways lines (known as the LGV) permit its TGV high-speed trains to reach speeds of approximately 200 mph on select portions of the network.<\/p>\n

On 26 April 2016, I traveled from Brussels to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport where I met my father who was arriving from Iceland, and we continued by train to Bordeaux. This was part of a three-week railway adventure across central Europe.<\/p>\n

I made these views with my Lumix LX7.<\/p>\n

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SNCF’s Charles de Gaulle Airport Station offers excellent airline-train connections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Switzerland-bound TGV Lyria at Charles de Gaulle Airport Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lounge\/bar on the TGV where you can enjoy a beer or glass of wine at nearly 200 mph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SNCF’s TGVs are among the high speed trains featured in my new Railway Guide to Europe<\/a> published by Kalmbach Publishing.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to order\u00a0Brian Solomon\u2019s Railway Guide to Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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