Orly, just.....

With a normal crossing of about 1 hour from CDG to Orly we were supposed to be able to make it, ......, if it was not for the fact the train went slow, delay after delay, so we ended up on the airport station for the airport shuttle already after closing time of the gate on Orly! Also not helped by the fact the ticket did not work as I suspected already and of course when you are in a hurry to buy the additional ticket a big fat woman was dithering going through a suitcase etc. to buy a ticket so we just missed the airport shuttle as well, it closed it's doors when we put the ticket in the gate machine! At the airport we ran to security where of course we ended up at the lane where they wanted everything out of the backpack, things that are never a problem now needed in separate boxes, and to add insult to injury, also the random drugs screening of the bag made us lose valuable minutes more to the gate, which, ......, was of course the furthest away one of the terminal. Out of breath at the terminal of course, closed, "we tried calling you numerous times bla bla", yes but we explained the story briefly why we were late, and, typically unFrench, they radiod the plane to see if we still could get on as the steps were being lifted. But, yes, the pilot agreed to wait so we were checked in manually (which of course also did not go very well and caused further delay) and made it on the plane with the steps just about pulled from underneath our feet while boarding.Read more