We pulled in to a service station close to our destination to refuel the hire car before returning it. However, we discovered that service stations are not 'manned' and you can only refuel by paying by card at the pump. This sounds fine in theory, but the machine would not acknowledge or accept our cards. Between us we tried 5 different cards, without success. A lovely lady fuelling her car at the next pump came to assist and was also surprised to find not one of our cards was accepted. She offered to pay for our petrol with her card, but we declined, choosing to return the car with just half a tank of petrol.
The Europcar office is at the Saint Pierre des Corps train station, so we were exactly where we needed to be to catch the train to CDG Airport in Paris.
In hindsight, a better option would have been to return the hire car in Nantes and save ourselves the drive. The train we're on came from Nantes, so a longer train ride would have been preferable to the morning's drive.
The train is very comfortable, with beautifully upholstered seats. The challenge is always to board quickly and stow the suitcases before the train moves off. Just made it!
It was a 2 hour train ride to the airport through the French countryside.
Arrival at the airport was busy, but our "read the signs" mantra lead us to the check in desk where the lovely young man assigned us exit row seats for the first flight.
We board here at 9.30pm, which is 6.30am Sunday. We're in Dubai for a couple of hours before the long second flight that will have us in Brisbane at about 6am on Monday morning.
It will be interesting to see how we shape up for work the next day! 😂
 |
| Train travellers! |
No comments:
Post a Comment