HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!
I’ve only spent one day in Paris.
That was during an unscheduled layover at Charles de Gaulle Airport. I suddenly found myself with eight hours to kill…and I wasn’t going to spend them in the terminal.
So I took the airport bus to the Arc de Triomphe, and spent the day walking around the city. No plans. No map. No French.
And I was dragging my wheelie bag behind me the entire time because they wouldn’t let me leave it in an airport locker for such a short time.
Sacrebleu!
The weather was lovely. The people very helpful and nice — that’s right, they were nice (at least to my face). And the city was incredibly beautiful. When I rode the bus back to the airport later that evening, I had two thoughts.
- I am definitely coming back to Paris for a longer stay.
- The Eiffel Tower is short.
I bet they threw those fireworks up there by hand.
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HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!
That was during an unscheduled layover at Charles de Gaulle Airport. I suddenly found myself with eight hours to kill…and I wasn’t going to spend them in the terminal.
So I took the airport bus to the Arc de Triomphe, and spent the day walking around the city. No plans. No map. No French.
And I was dragging my wheelie bag behind me the entire time because they wouldn’t let me leave it in an airport locker for such a short time.
Sacrebleu!
The weather was lovely. The people very helpful and nice — that’s right, they were nice (at least to my face). And the city was incredibly beautiful. When I rode the bus back to the airport later that evening, I had two thoughts.
I bet they threw those fireworks up there by hand.
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Posted in Airplanes, Business, Commentary, Holiday, Humor, Life, transportation, Travel, Vacation, Walking
Tagged airplanes, airport bus, airport terminal, Arc de Triomphe, Bastille Day, Business, Charles de Gaulle Airport, commentary, Eiffel Tower, fireworks, France, French language, French people, Happy Bastille Day, Humor, life, maps, Paris, sacrebleu, summer, Travel, vacation, walking, wheelie bag