Happened when I was 14, I remember. No, I was. Was London with my parents, and we were heading to Paris in that day, and so we went to the station, and we had to take the Eurostar, the underground way that goes to Paris. And actually, we just thought the Eurostar as a normal train, we didn’t really think about the concept that it goes abroad. So we were kind of late at that time because we didn’t think that they would check our luggage or they would check, uh, our passports. So we didn’t really expect it. It was our mistake, obviously. But, yes, we. So we couldn’t take the train to Paris because we were so late at that time. We did arrive at the train departure time, but it was about. We should have been there about 30 minutes before for our luggage and our visa, uh, and to check all those stuff to go to Paris, because it’s another country, obviously. And at that time, England was out of Europe. United. Yes. Europeanions after the Brexit. So as we were delayed to go to Paris, so we had to book another train. And at that time, my mom was in charge of our family’s trip, and I would talk, rather talk how she felt about the experience, because she was in charge of the trip. I was like a kid. And that’s okay. We can take it on other train. But it was her who paid the fees, and it was, uh, her who paid the overpaid fees, too. So. Okay. Yes’s.
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This happened when I was 14, I remember. We were in London with my parents, and we were heading to Paris that day. We went to the station to take the Eurostar, the train that goes to Paris. We didn't really think about the concept of it being an international train, so we were kind of late. We didn't expect them to check our luggage or passports. It was our mistake, obviously. We arrived at the train departure time, but we should have been there 30 minutes earlier to check our luggage, visas, and everything else. It's another country, after all. At that time, England was still part of the European Union, before Brexit. Since we were delayed, we had to book another train. My mom was in charge of our family's trip, so I'll talk about how she felt about the experience. I was just a kid. We could have taken another train, but it was my mom who had to pay the extra fees. It was a bit of a stressful situation, but we eventually made it to Paris.
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