Oh, how I hate 0630 in the morning which is when we needed to get up. It was so early there was no hot water in the showers so a cold wash down instead. Critics might say why not use the shower in the van but not anticipating this problem we had turned the water heater off overnight so that we did not forget to turn it off whilst were away. Anyway we reached the underground Car Park at the Old Post Office in
The train was very comfortable and pretty much on time apart from a couple of minutes, who says nationalisation does not work. We arrived at the Gare D’Lyon and found the Air France bus stop which would take us to the Airport. The bus was about 45 minutes late but the time was well spent watching the passing traffic and so many bicycles were being used, a lot more than London. Nearby was a large bay where you could rent electric bikes , how sensible is that.
The BA flight was almost on time but Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport needs a medal for being one of most confusing and badly laid out Airports there are, I hate to think what a first time traveller would think when they try to use it.
We arrived at the new terminal 5, from an arrivals point of view it is a glass and steel building of NO character whatsoever. The designers should have taken advice from
It was starting to rain as we got back home and guess what, no hot water. We believe that in error somebody must have adjusted the water temperature down to zero and so after fiddling about Noel got it going but we had to wait for at least an hour and half before it was warm enough for a shower which we so badly needed.
An early night in our big new bed and we watched the repeat of Top Gear.
Let’s hope the weather is better tomorrow.
