The Anonymous Widower

St. Pancras: Gem – Gare du Nord: Dump

The title is not my words, but those of the BBC’s respected correspondent, Hugh Schofield, in this piece, about the differences between Britain and France.  This is a typical paragraph.

Now, I am not going to draw any too-facile comparison between France and Britain on the basis of a pair of 19th Century railway termini.

But I will say this – never in 16 years of living in France, and making pretty regular trips back and forth across the Channel, have I ever felt a greater disparity in national moods.

There’s a lot more in the same vein.

As ever with what Hugh Schofield writes, it is a good and thoughtful read.

October 5, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | France, Trains