This morning I had a choice to make (like every day).I had kept open the possibility of visiting Beauvais, but that would have involved backtracking toward Amiens, making a connection in 9 minutes, visiting the cathedral (it was never completed, but only the apse and transepts ever got done so I really didn't want to spend a whole day there), finding the train schedule back to Paris, get the subway to another train station, and then find a train to Chartres, my real destination. Or I could just catch a train back to Paris directly, find the metro to the other station and get a train to Chartres. As I stood in the Rouen station the train to Beauvais was leaving at 7:17, and the one directly back to Paris at 7:24. Which should I take? Having the train pass made this possible, as I could get on any train I wanted. As the clock ticked past 7:10 and no platform number was appearing (it should be up 20 minutes before departure) I worried about finding my connection platform, if the train was late, an so I opted for the simpler, less stressful day and headed for Paris. I made it there, through the metro, found the right train station and am already sitting on a train to Chartres at 11 o'clock am.
