The Chunnel Experience

We boarded a bus in Calais by the ferry terminal thinking we were going to see the white cliffs of Dover on our way to London. Instead, our bus driver headed back on the highway for a couple of miles and boarded a special train that took us through the Chunnel! Even the people around us had no idea that we were going to cross this way.
This is a view out the back of the bus after we entered the train and before the compartments closed.

You can get off the bus while you go through the Chunnel, but there is nothing much to do but stand around for 35 minutes within a closed compartment and look out the windows at a black tunnel. Still was an interesting experience though. Having done it once though, I think we will take the ferries to get back to France.

An amazing feat of engineering!

Having reached Dover, England, this picture shows how the train slides apart so that the bus can drive off. We were the first on the train so this shows the engine in front of us. I wished I had time to get a shot out the back window when the compartments opened.