Baby milk? Yes, bring a gallon, even if your “baby” is a thirty-year-old man who calls himself “Baby” ironically. Medications are also fine, including liquid ibuprofen, insulin, or your special “herbal cough syrup” that smells like a forest fire. Just have a prescription or a doctor’s note, otherwise you’ll be explaining to a Customs officer why your “allergy meds” have a skull on the label.
Eurostar Liquids: What You Can Bring & Restrictions | ZadRails
But here’s the kicker: Alcohol. You can bring wine, beer, or spirits in containers up to 1 liter each. But you cannot drink it on the train! Eurostar has a “no BYOB” rule. Yes, you can bring a lovely Bordeaux, but you’ll have to stare at it longingly while the steward sells you a €5 mini-bottle of Chardonnay. This is legal, emotional torture. Bring a book.
The “Security Guy’s Pet Peeve” List
Don’t be the moron who brings a snow globe. I know you love your Eiffel Tower snow globe from the gift shop, but that liquid inside is suspicious, and security will make you open it. Snow globes are the bananas of the security world—they look innocent but cause chaos. Also, avoid: jam jars, soup thermoses, and that “liquid cheese” canister you bought from a vending machine. They will test it. And you will be late.
