Right now I'm sitting at a cafe in the train station and have been for 6 hours. Due to weather (-4*C!)Some of the trains got stuck in the Chunnel, so we are camped here in hope that it gets fixed. I'll give more details later, we met some nice people who live about 25 min. away who've offered their spare room if it doesn't come. Needless to say, we were all a little dazed after waking up at 3 am, so some hot chocolate and some fun Christmas Crackers brightened our spirits. Co and I were feeling a little... well.. tired to say the least so we had a little fun goofing off and trying to stay awake. We have camped out at this little cafe ordering things as the day goes to have a warm place to sit. It has been an adventure!
I hope we get to go to Paris soon. There is so much to see there! I bet it is gorgeous in the snow. We just have to pack on the layers! Pictures will come later with a more detailed account. Wish us luck!
Hanna
Later:
The rest of the day was spent sitting in that cafe. Eventually a train did come in, so we grabbed our bags and our tickets, and rushed to check in. Of course we weren't the only ones, so there was a mad rush. While holding hands and lugging two trolleys each, we eventually got our tickets stamped and waited in the lobby with some other two hundred people.
I had never seen so many desperate people before. They all just rushed together and it was all we could do to keep track of everyone.
They then started loading up, and the train filled so fast, we had to go back to the ticket booth, and get knew stamps to get on the next train that came in just after the other. So once again we waited in the lobby for about two hours, and were told that the train had been cancelled due to the weather. However, we had just waited all day in the train station, so we didn't leave by chance they would let the train out later on as they did with the other. So slowly people left little by little, until us and about fifty others were left. We were then ordered out by the police, and with heavy heads, we trudged out with four exhausted little ones, and not to mention three older ones too. We grabbed a cab, it being about 10:00 pm now, and found a hotel in downtown London that Joe's employer could pay for. We waited in the lobby about half an hour with a glazed look over our eyes, until the hotel manager finally got all the information he needed. After a warm meal and cleaning up, I was ready for that bed, even though I couldn't help being disappointed about it not being in Paris. But, we had high hopes for the next day.
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