The long awaited trip to Paris...well, Antwerp

I'm terribly sorry about the long layover. There was a holiday and craziness bringing work stuff home for a week, and on top of that, getting a start on packing up our apartment. Holy cow! Not that I'm trying to make excuses... au contrare, I'm just letting you know what else is going on in our lives since travelling. :)
Now, on to travels: I hope you're not too disappointed in this entry I had more pics of the way to Paris than I thought, so the trip to Paris over 2 posts. Paris itself may be slightly anticlimactic since we were only there for 1 night - long enough to catch a late dinner and some sleep before our train left at 6am the next morning. Before we got to Paris though, we went had lunch in Antwerp, BE.

Antwerp Central Station is such a gorgeous piece of architecture!
Obviously, my picture doesn't do it justice.

Exterior of Antwerp Central Station

A small portion of the city

Writing postcards on the train

We had a long wait in a small town in France on the way to Paris, so we stopped at a cafe for lunch, but they didn't have food, so we had an espresso instead.

At this point, we had been trying to arrange reservations on an overnight train to San Sebastian in Spain, but all the trains to Spain were solidly booked. We decided to wait and try again once we got into Paris.

After that ordeal, the espressos definitely helped to raise our spirits and revive us.
Tomorrow, I promise, we'll be in Paris! :)