We left Paris this morning and after the terrorist events yesterday in Lyon, Tunisia & Kuwait, the city was under heavy military guard. We arrived at Gard de Nord railway station an hour or so early for our train to Amsterdam, there was a suspicious parcel found at the station & there were police and gendarmes all over the place, finally boarded at 10:20am & after a really fast, about 290 klms per hour, trip being served lunch with wine etc. we arrived in Amsterdam at 2:30 and then hopped a metro to out new place of abode in Zaandijk by 3:0 ish.






