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Location Date France 
1452297600 Germany 1451520000 Italy 1449360000 Spain 1448841600 Switzerland 1448668800 UK 1447718400 Belgium 1389052800 Luxembourg 1387497600 Austria 1387152000 Hungary 1387065600 Croatia 1386806400 Ireland 1357948800 Czech Republic 1356480000 Turkey 1354233600 Netherlands 1324771200 Greece 1290729600 -
Location Date Paris
1452297600 Rouen 1451952000 Montpellier 1449014400 Bordeaux 1448323200 Clermont-Ferrand 1448150400 Strasbourg 1389484800 Calais 1388361600 Honfleur 1388275200 Caen 1388188800 Grenoble 1385596800 Chamonix 1357171200 Amiens 1323993600 Bayeux 1323907200 La Baule 1323648000 Saint-Martin-De-Re 1323561600 Saint Jean Pied De Port 1323388800 Biarritz 1323302400 Toulouse 1323043200 Argeles-Sur-Mer 1322956800 St-Remy-De-Provence 1322870400 Nice 1322784000 Menton 1322697600 Annecy 1322265600 Talloires 1322179200 Mont Saint Michel 1292371200 Saint-Malo 1292198400 Orleans 1292112000 Dijon 1291939200 Colmar 1291852800 -
Location Date Sat, 09 January 2016 1452376140 Sun, 03 January 2016 1451850240 Thu, 19 November 2015 1447944060 Wed, 18 November 2015 1447868940 Thu, 26 December 2013 1388098140 Wed, 25 December 2013 1387967640 Sun, 13 January 2013
1358071620 Fri, 04 January 2013 1357293960 Sat, 25 December 2010 1293279900 Fri, 24 December 2010 1293193380 Sun, 19 December 2010 1292759400 Sat, 18 December 2010 1292672940 Fri, 17 December 2010 1292600880
Flew into Paris yesterday from Dublin. We've booked into the Novotel
hotel which is located right at the airport, with a Paris train station
right below. Unfortunately the train wasn't in operation due to terminal
renovations going on. so after we checked into the hotel, we caught the
Roissy Bus into Paris. What a horrible bus trip. Took well over an
hour. If you think driving a car in Paris is frustrating, imagine trying
to negotiate a 40ft bus through the labyrinthine streets. Finally made
it into the middle of Paris. We wanted to have a last look at the Eiffel
Tower, maybe finally go up to the top. But trying to get to it from
where the bus dropped us off proved to be too difficult. So we decided
to just have a wander around, grab some supper and then head back to the
airport/hotel.
We don't fly out until 9pm tonight. Luckily, Novotel allow you to stay until 5pm, so we only have to kill about 3hours at the airport. Not looking forward to the long flight home. Still, to do the trip we have done, it is worth it.
Well here we are. Sitting in another airport. You can tell it's time to
go home. The amount that the little things annoy you is directly
proportional to the amount of time you have spent away multiplied by the
number of kilometers you have to walk through the airport getting to
the check-in desk and then your boarding gate. At Charles de Gaulle that
would be about 2.5km.
Anyway, that's it for this year. Another wonderful trip completed. Before we sign off, a few travel tips:
- the French still make the worst coffee in the world
- Prague has the worst international airport (they still allow smoking inside the terminal)
- do not let Julie interact with French Security staff (she thinks they stink)
- it's impossible to find a comfortable bed in Europe
- every city in Europe has its own version of constitutes a shower (you also need an
engineering degree to work them out)
Apart from that, Europe is a wonderful place to visit. Full of history, fine
food, different cultures. Hopefully we'll be back this way again.
Adieu.
hotel which is located right at the airport, with a Paris train station
right below. Unfortunately the train wasn't in operation due to terminal
renovations going on. so after we checked into the hotel, we caught the
Roissy Bus into Paris. What a horrible bus trip. Took well over an
hour. If you think driving a car in Paris is frustrating, imagine trying
to negotiate a 40ft bus through the labyrinthine streets. Finally made
it into the middle of Paris. We wanted to have a last look at the Eiffel
Tower, maybe finally go up to the top. But trying to get to it from
where the bus dropped us off proved to be too difficult. So we decided
to just have a wander around, grab some supper and then head back to the
airport/hotel.
We don't fly out until 9pm tonight. Luckily, Novotel allow you to stay until 5pm, so we only have to kill about 3hours at the airport. Not looking forward to the long flight home. Still, to do the trip we have done, it is worth it.
Well here we are. Sitting in another airport. You can tell it's time to
go home. The amount that the little things annoy you is directly
proportional to the amount of time you have spent away multiplied by the
number of kilometers you have to walk through the airport getting to
the check-in desk and then your boarding gate. At Charles de Gaulle that
would be about 2.5km.
Anyway, that's it for this year. Another wonderful trip completed. Before we sign off, a few travel tips:
- the French still make the worst coffee in the world
- Prague has the worst international airport (they still allow smoking inside the terminal)
- do not let Julie interact with French Security staff (she thinks they stink)
- it's impossible to find a comfortable bed in Europe
- every city in Europe has its own version of constitutes a shower (you also need an
engineering degree to work them out)
Apart from that, Europe is a wonderful place to visit. Full of history, fine
food, different cultures. Hopefully we'll be back this way again.
Adieu.
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