Speedy train

We are upstairs on the double-decker SNEF train going at about 200 mph.   Passing through the Rhone Valley, Figueres, Girona over 650 miles - a very scenic blur!!    Need to slow down me thinks!     Still it gets us there in less than 7 hours,   

Enjoying the beautiful countryside....  hoping to glimpse the Pyrennes as we are now under blue skies having left the torrents of rain behind in Paris.




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