I was in France on business earlier this week and I took the French TGV for the first time. The trip was from Paris to the city Caen in the Normandy region. The ride was so uncomfortable that I almost threw up. When the high speed train makes even the slightest turns at very high speed it will just turn the stomach upside down. In fact if someone stands up during these turns it is highly likely that he will fall.
I’ve rode the high speed train from Frankfurt to Brussels and back. I thought it a great ride, one of the smoothest trains I’ve ever been on. I wonder if France uses different technology.