Hello Paris - Where am I ?

After my time in Turkey and Greece, I thought that it would be good to have a few days of quality time relaxing in one of my favourite cities - Paris.

I left Athens late in the evening via Aegean Airlines and landed in Paris. I should have read my air ticket more carefully. I assumed that we were landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and had prebooked (and paid for) an airport transfer to my hotel. It would make life simple I thought. I was wrong.

After leaving the plane and clearing customs I emerged into the airport lounge. Somehow nothing looked familiar. And it wasn't. In fact it wasn't even Charles de Gaulle Airport ! We had landed at one of Paris's other airports - Orly.

Although somewhere there was a driver waiting for me, it certainly wasn't at this location. Since it was now getting late, I needed to rapidly make other arrangements to get me to my hotel in Montmartre. After a few enquiries, I managed to drag my luggage onto to a bus that was heading into central Paris. At least we were heading in the right direction.

After arrival in Paris central, I found a metro that would get me to within walking distance of the hotel. I was very, very grateful when I was finally able to stagger into my hotel and settle into the room for the night. It had turned out to be much complicated that originally intended, but it did serve to remind me that there is usually always a solution to every problem, provided you don't panic.

I now had a few days to walk, explore and walk some more. I was looking forward to finally having some time alone.Read more