Provence and Marseille
July 27th 2008 Provence (Gordes) and Marseille
Today , we took the TGV (Train a grande vitesse) from Marseille to Paris.
The 800 km journey is done in 3hours and 17 mins ! TGV trainsets travel at up to 320 km/h (200 mph) in commercial use.
A specially modified trainset reached 574.8 km/h (357 mph) on test runs. We will fly back to Toronto in 2 days.
In Provence, we stayed 3 nights at ( www.mas-val-
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