The TGV station with direct service to the Paris CDG airport is about 30 minutes south of town, roughly midway between Metz and Nancy. On the way out of town, the shuttle from the central train station to the Lorraine TGV station crosses the Seille River, which joins the Moselle in Metz. The city really grew up around the Seille rather than the Moselle, in fact.
Many of the trees throughout the region carry a lot of mistletoe.
The countryside is largely open and agricultural, with fields that, I imagine, supply the big grain towers line that the Moselle just downstream from Metz.
As the road to the station passes through villages, you can see old farm buildings. I can't tell if this was a fortification or a dovecote.
The station sits pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It's not even as big as the grain towers and other agricultural buildings in the area that define the skyline as the road reaches the station.
The TGV Est from Strasbourg pulls into the Lorraine TGV station.
And at the TGV station at Paris CDG airport, the train leaves the station to continue its journey toward Lille.
A highlight of the flight home: a view of Greenland's rugged coastal mountain ranges lit by the morning sun (with thanks to fellow passenger Craig Massey for taking the picture).
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