Europe train trip - first stop Paris

Jumped on a Eurostar Saturday as the start of my 9 day train holiday to Austria & back. Original plan had been to continue past Paris & get an overnight train to Munich but I have fallen in love with Paris so decided to stop there for 2 nights on the way through. Stayed at a hostel in Republique area close to the international train stations & practiced my french on a few unsuspecting cafes & creperies eating croissants & french baguettes which are just fabulous!

Most of sunday afternoon & evening I rode around on the city bikes which are great - you sign up at a vending machine then get a pin number so you can just jump on any bikes, then park them again at any other city bike station.

Monday was up early for a train to Salzburg, changing in Frankfurt for an hour or so.