Flat Stanley finishes his travels and what's a "chunnel"?

The Chunnel is what took us home. It's a train that vehicles drive onto and then, like the metro of Paris, or the Tube of London, it goes underground. It's called the Chunnel because it goes underneath the English Channel. Tunnel + Channel = Chunnel. Get it?

The ferry ride from France to England was 2 hours. The Chunnel only took 35 minutes. You can get out of your car to use the bathrooms on the train or just to stand up while riding. Being someone who does not enjoy small spaces, I was a little nervous about it. However, by the time we ate lunch, we were looking out the window and watching blue skies go by. It really was very quick. It was more expensive than the ferry but definitely worth it. I would still do the ferry atleast once just for the experience and to see the cliffs of Dover.

It had two levels inside. We drove our car in and up to the top floor. It reminded me alot of the "Star Tours" ride at Disneyland. There were other trains that only had the ground level for diesel's and larger vehicles to ride in. It really was amazing.

Flat Stanley had to have photos taken to prove that he rode on the "Chunnel" and drove through France and Belgium on his way back to Germany.

We put our car in park and just hung out for 35 minutes while the train took us from the England soil, under the English Channel and up onto French soil.

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