One of the many train stations we visited and utilized to explore the various areas of France. This…read moreparticular station was really nice, clean, and easy to navigate to arrive at our desired train platform. Once inside we found many shops and stores to purchase food and beverages for the trip, and they even had a First Class Lounge for relaxation, coffe, and tea. Very reminicent of train travel in Japan.

Quality/Quantity - As cautious travelers, we always stop by the train station on our first day in…read morethe city to buy our tickets for the next leg of our trip. This is an especially good suggestion for people that do not speak the language. But today's ticket, we bought online months in advance. We were told that there was a savings buying early versus the same day, etc. Now that we have been in France for over two weeks, we are experienced and have figured out their bus, train, and metro systems. Well we hope, lol. Ambiance - It is a major public train station, so come early if you are not experienced. Crazy busy as expected. Pay to use toilets - 1 Euro. Several floors. Service - Self service in this station as again, we pre-bought our tickets months in advance. Price - 188 Euros to Lyon for two people. $220 USD. Owner Comment - Thanks for having affordable and smooth transportation with Inoui to Lyon.

During the day it's fairly simply to find your way around here, even though it's extremely…read morecrowded. At night it's a nightmare and extremely confusing to find the exit. They have a decent amount of places to get a bite to eat, but the lines are long and there's nowhere to sit. The bathrooms smelled awful, but at least they're available.

I gave Gare du Nord a 1-star review in 2010, and honestly, most of what I said still kind of holds…read more But the station is beautiful, and I believe it has, at least, stopped deploying those ridiculous unusable ticketing machines. We went through Gare du Nord to go to London last month, and EuroStar has actually gotten worse. I suspect this has more to do with Brexit than the train station, but it was not fun waiting in that line. It got extra unfun when my three-year-old told me he was feeling sick, then threw up all over the floor. So you know what, I'm calling it even. Gare du Nord is annoying but useful and gorgeous, and my offspring has now vomited on the floor (I ddi clean it up). I'm also giving myself permission to skip reviewing the Paul stall, where my mom picked up some pretty decent pastries and sandwiches. Three stars, and we'll see each other next time.

Public transportation in France and Europe make it so easy to travel from city to city. I arrived…read moreat this train station in Vernon Giverny from Paris to visit the Monet House and Garden. The train attendants were very helpful in assisting me to the right location.

This is a basic train station with not much to offer except providing the service of being a train…read morestation. There's a Relay type of convenience shop inside and a coffee vending machine. Both seating areas have several power outlets, which is convenient. To use the WC, you need to pay €0.30. It's free to use the one on the train. If you want real food that is grab and go, the nearest is a boulangerie with sandwiches, baguettes, etc. Walk away from the station, walk to the left one block, then turn right and walk one block. Before you reach the end, you'll see the blue canopy shop. This is the train station stop for Monet's Giverny home and garden. So it has a regular rush of train riders including the locals. Too bad there isn't more at the station itself while you wait for the train. No comment on the staff as I already bought my ticket in Paris so no interactions.

Where to start with the TGV train…read more First, logistically on the surface it appears to be an amazing option. You fly in, go through customs, get on the train, have a short trip, and you're at Disneyland Paris. But the reality is it's hard to find the train because there's no signage that lists TGV, just signs with a picture of a train, so we walked toward it hoping it was the correct area. The trains themselves also lack signage. So we got on a TGV train at the correct time, in the correct place, thinking it was our train. But we had tickets for a car that wasn't there, so in the end our first class tickets were useless and we sat next to the bathroom. There was no announcement in English so we used Google Maps to confirm we were in fact, in the correct spot, but for a bit we were worried we'd gotten on a random train and had no idea where we were going because there are 0 attendants in the cars to ask. In the train cars the aisles are small and tend to be cramped because a lot of people have luggage that blocks the walkways, so generally the navigating experience simply wasn't pleasant when compared to a bullet train like in Japan. All in all, we don't plan to go back to Disneyland Paris because the transit to the park was so difficult - I generally find Ubers easier (and in this case cheaper) to use - so overall I recommend hiring a private car to take you to and from Disneyland Paris and foregoing the TGV train.

This is a really big airport. As far as International European airports go, I really like this…read moreone. There are signs easily pointing you in the right direction to where you need to go and there is a train station really close to the airport, which is a huge thing for me. There are plenty of food and drink options in the airport as well so you should be able to find something to grab while waiting for a flight. All in all, I've been to this airport a few times and its always a smooth transit.