The English never talk in trains. I like this because it means I can read a book or a newspaper. On the . . . , everybody wants to tell you his life story. Some years ago I . . . by train from London to Paris. It was my first . . . to Paris so I made up mind to . . . round France for my holidays. As I was going on a long . . . I took a lot of books with me. There was an Englishman in the compartment with me and. in a typically English way, he did not speak a word during our . . . through the English countryside or while . . . the Channel. But the minute we were in France he said, "Ah, now we are in France, we can talk. "And for the rest of the . . . to Paris he told me his life story. Words:Tour, journey (2x), travelled, crossing, trip,visit, Continent