We all assembled, even with our bags sans elevator, in the lobby a little early.\u00c2\u00a0 We asked the front desk to call a cab to get to the Denfert Rochereau station to catch the B RER to Charles de Gaulle.\u00c2\u00a0 We were plenty early, but security was extremely slow.\u00c2\u00a0 And the plane had half-boarded by the time we got to the gate.\u00c2\u00a0 The flight was uneventful, saw two movies (Taking of Pelham 123 and State of Play), read most of my book, and fidgeted in my coach seat for 8 hours.\u00c2\u00a0 We landed in Philly and breezed through immigration, no line had more than 3 people ahead of us.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the great equalizer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c waiting for your bags\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0 As we waited for our bags they announced that ALL PASSENGERS aboard our flight had to pass through screening stations 5 or 6 before leaving the hall.\u00c2\u00a0 So, once we retrieved our bags, we had to find the line and wait \u00e2\u20ac\u201c wait \u00e2\u20ac\u201c wait while the Department of Agriculture x-rayed and examined each bag (carry-on and checked) of each passenger. Luckily we only had a few Belgian chocolates and some Breton cookies.\u00c2\u00a0 Other passengers were caught with all kinds of foodstuffs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all of which was being confiscated and the interloper being threatened with the fullest extent of law in front of everyone else.\u00c2\u00a0 Since we had a connecting flight, we hurried through security to our gate to get there minutes before boarding.\u00c2\u00a0 We arrived home at 5:45 PM to a very excited and happy Nuggett!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We all assembled, even with our bags sans elevator, in the lobby a little early.\u00c2\u00a0 We asked the front desk to call a cab to get to the Denfert Rochereau station to catch the B RER to Charles de Gaulle.\u00c2\u00a0 … Continue reading