Good night ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia and cheers @krufter_ofen ๐ป !
There is my train. ๐ With a wonderfull nez cassรฉ locomotive hauling it. Bi voltage BB22280, wonder if that has a reason over usual BB7200. A un-renovated corail couchette, didn't know these still existed in 1st class. My compartment is still empty, lets see what happens, would be a luxury.
You can say what you want about SNCF, but their nighttrain product is by far best bangs for buck. General type of traveler also differs to for example nightjet. I always experience much more regular people just going to paris instead of leisure travel and holiday makers.
Anyway, I didnt board in cerbere, but thats all french night trains ridden. (I really need to redo it to get to cerbere do I?)
Got to Bรฉzier with the IC Aubrac. Slight delay of +25 on arrival. Fine for me, I'm on the backup plan anyway. From here it will be #TeamNightTrain to Paris, thats if staff are fine with me boarding on a Cerbere reservation. According staff in Marvejols they will. And I guess the total mess here in Bรฉziers caused by a incident with a freight train between Narbonne and Perpignan, it will be fine. But you never know with SNCF. There still are backup plans existing, which I discovered too late to make my main goal. (ryanair from here to Weeze is surprisingly cheap). Would have loved to visit another Tour de France stage and Montpellier 8lis around the corner tomorrow.
Well a beer to lessen the worries while waiting then. Although I would rather be standing in an open window of a corail and enjoying the mediterranean views while drinking it. #TeamOpenWindows