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Expert: Terry Casey - 1/9/2008


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I am trying to find the whereabouts of the train station in Auxerre to link up with hire cars and so forth. As we are travelling there from Laroche Migennes, and later, from Auxerre to paris,the rail web site refers to a St Gervai (presumably the name of the station). Another source makes reference to Gare sncf. Neither reference can be found on Google Earth. Can you help. Thank you

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Hi . . . Ngaire!

When plugging Auxerre, France into the Google mapping featuring, I kept enlarging and found their train station on Rue Paul Doumer at the intersection of Avenue de la Toumelle and Rue Jules Ferry in the eastern part of the main town area.  

You should be able to find it quickly as I did.  It seems to be a fairly short and easy driving down, directly south, from Migennnes via the roads to the rail station in Auxerre.  You can also use this website to get detailed directions:
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/europe.adp?do=nw

You could also check through a few major car rental companies, such as Avis or Europocar, to find the exact location for their offices in Auxerre.

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Most experienced for Paris, Loire Valley, Provence, Dordogne, Alsace, Burgundy, Normandy and Reims/Champagne Country. Terry likes helping travelers get trip "flow and pacing" right so your adventure is neither . . . a bore, NOR a blur! Make sure your timing works, fitting your interests, tastes, personal experiences and needs. Terry has planned and done great trips to the Baltics, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Ireland, England, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Norway, Turkey and Switzerland, plus South America and Cuba. Did wonderful April, 2007, week in Paris, summer 2008 southern England trip, summer 2010 fjords/North Cape, Norway coast, etc. Has visited twenty=two different countries in Europe. You can check out our Norway coast/fjords adventure with lots of great pictures from last summer at: www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1227923 This live/blog has gotten nearly 52,000 views. For Villefranche, ports in Italy and along the the Croatian coast, you can check this live/blog. We are now at 42,762 views here. www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1426474 France is great, but these other parts of the Europe are wonderful, too!!!

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