Die Erste direkte ICE verbindung Berlin–Paris...
..but not on this day, when the 407-class ICE 3 unit "Paris" (which really did make the first direct high-speed connection between Berlin and Paris in December 2024) stalled at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, and we had to swap to another 407 unit to actually get to Paris.
Having ridden both the ICE (3) and the TGV (Duplex), I have just one question to Deutsche Bahn: why do you keep buying the Siemens Velaro garbage, when the Alstom-built TGV design is right there?