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Left L'ermitage about 10 after packing up. Long drive back to Paris about 6 hours. Stopped on the way at a "roadhouse" and was utter mayhem. I've never seen so many people in one place before, even had to queue for the loo for ten minutes. Eventually found the Renault place after driving around Charles de Gaulle airport a few times. Said goodbye to Chrissie and Rick and after a quick lesson for Stevie we were off on our adventure. Had to rely totally on gps as don't have a map. That was probably a mistake on the first day as it took us on a guided tour of rural France instead of the direct route to Belgium! Mind you we did see some lovely villages and lots of war cemetaries. Eventually made it the "hotel" about 9pm, after pounding rain most of the way and reminding Stevie to keep right. He has done very well with driving for the first day as some of those small villages had very tiny streets.
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Vanesa To me it just all depends. If you are going to be tanikg a bunch of longer trips that will cost a lot by single ticket or if you are going to go to like 3 cities in one day or something then I guess the Eurorail passes could work.My personal opinion is that they are rarely the best option. Point to Point ticket are suprisingly affordable esp. in certain countries. I spent a lot of time in Italy where the rail is a really good deal. Also in the course of your travels you may want to take a cheap bus or a Ryan air or Easy Jet flight or some such. That may not be an option for you if you have already shelled out for a Eurorail pass.Basically I learned to hate almost all multi-whatever passes in the course of my last trip (which was my first trip overseas). Stuff comes up, you drink too much and want to stay some place one day more to recover. It's raining everyday so you decided you have to flee to Spain for some good weather. You can't find a hostel in a new city or upon arriving you decide that it's a dump and you just want to go somewhere else on a night train. Passes can potentailly save you money, but they may end up costing you more. They will for sure cramp your style at least a little unless you just screw it all and buy a massive expensive one. The only pass that saved me money on my trip was a week long Tube pass in London. The other 6 or 7 various passes and memberships I bought were a waste.