C’est quoi tous ces chapeaux?

I had to travel down to Aix-en-Provence to see the landlord again to sign le bail and do the état des lieux.

This time I caught the train and saw something I’d never seen before. A lot of children being shepherded on to the train ahead of everyone else.

When I eventually got on I was greeted by this:

So it turns out it is this service offered by SNCF for unaccompanied children aged between 4-14. You can find out more about it here.

I’m not sure why it was so in demand on the 18 April but as you can see there were plenty of kids travelling between Lyon and all stations to Marseille.