Hi!
Yes, it's cool that there is this fast train now, it's pretty new.
Before that it would take more than 4 hours to get to Paris...
You're right about the advantages to travel from here - but it's pretty boring here and sadly you can't travel all the time.

Many people would like to swap their home with yours!!
(Especially my mother haha)
12 hours in a train! That's a lot.
Last time I did this was in 2003 on my InterRail trip, from the border between Spain and France to Portugal. It was a nightmare but it was during the day, so not as bad as overnight!!
I searched the net for that MTV Brasil interview - no luck
I'm off to work... ttyl!
