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| Subject: | Re: going to the Saumur museum |  |
| Date: | Dec 21, 2000 |
| From: | Paul Roberts | |
Christophe Jacquemont wrote:
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> Karl
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> I just went there once, by car.
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> However the French rail network is quite extensive an very good (unless
> there is a strike which happens sometimes...).
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> You can take a TGV from Paris to Tours then change and take another train
> ot Saumur, this is quite feasible. Check with a travel agent. No idea of
> the distance between the Saumur train station and the museum but Saumur is
> a small town and you could always take a taxi.
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> If you take an early TGV it is quite possible to leave Paris in the
> morning, visit the museum and return to Paris in the evening. Otherwise
> the Saumur region is really lovely and they have wonderful wine down there
> so it's really worth staying there for a couple of days.
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> Hope this helps.
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> Cheers,
>
> Christophe
When I went to Saumur a few years ago (on a business trip, with a 3 day
layover. Sweet!) I stayed with Spike Judd, editor of the MAFVA Tankette,
who runs a bed and breakfast in the area. I went to Saumur for about a
day and a half and happened to be there when the local Armoured Regiment
had their open day so got inside all kinds of french armour, including a
leClerc! Me and Spike must have looked like Commie spies or something as
we were all over that puppy, tapping and lifting. Did you know that the
external armour pieces are hollow? Or that, while they will let you
photograph the outside of the leClerc, you can't do so on the inside
("Pas de photograph, monsieur! Pas de photograph!).
Paul
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