Jun 24th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Oft voted among the worst airports in the world, Charles De Gaulle outside of Paris doesn't have a great reputation among travelers. The terminals are disjointed, sprawling and confusing, public transportation is mind boggling and security is amazingly frustrating. With enough practice and preparation, however, the beast can be tamed. Connected to the heart of Paris by regional RER trains, it ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Layover: Paris
Jun 24th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Oft voted among the worst airports in the world, Charles De Gaulle outside of Paris doesn't have a great reputation among travelers. The terminals are disjointed, sprawling and confusing, public transportation is mind boggling and security is amazingly frustrating. With enough practice and preparation, however, the beast can be tamed. Connected to the heart of Paris by regional RER trains, it ...Paris Air Show 2009: A sense of scale
Jun 23rd, 2009 at 9:00AM: Covering the Paris Air Show is like trying to cover a football field with a napkin. There is so much space, depth and gravity to each display that you could spend a week going through each exhibit hall and still not get the full picture. The above photo is a great example. This landing gear will be part of the new Airbus A350 aircraft, a model that still hasn't been fully developed, but that's ...Storm the Bastille with Concorde Hotels
Jun 21st, 2009 at 12:00PM: Need an excuse to head out to Europe this summer? Concorde Hotels & Resorts is ready to feed your jones for travel. The Concorde Summer package – just in time for Bastille Day – puts 22 hotels from around the world at your fingertips, from the Hotel Lutetia in Paris to the super-upscale Hotel de la Paix on the shores of Lake Geneva. You can join the party for as little as $115 a ...Five ways to get dirty this summer
Jun 18th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Grabbing the railing on the subway? For some of us, it's a fact of life, but I'm told there are plenty of people out there who liken it to shoving your hand in a toilet. According to a recent TripAdvisor poll of more than 4,000 travelers, around one-third consider themselves to be "germaphobic" since the H1N1 swine flu outbreak.
So, where do germaphobes go? I imagine they hang out in hospitals ...Photo of the Day (6.16.09)
Jun 16th, 2009 at 8:00PM: Today's Photo of the Day is relevant for several reasons. The shot of the tarmac on the way to Paris was taken by Kent Wien, our resident pilot who is actually currently on layover in the middle of a BOS-CDG-BOS turn. This week is also the week of the 45th Paris Air Show, the massive biannual event that brings thousands of suppliers, manufacturers and press to Le Bourget for updates on all of the ...Travelers Tool Kit: Shae by Air, DVD for kids about air travel
Jun 16th, 2009 at 9:30AM: This week I lent a friend of mine two large suitcases with wheels, a carry-on sized bag with wheels and the DVD, Shae by Air: Every Child can Be a Good Little Traveler. She was heading off to Bolivia on her own with her three children, ages 7, 4 and 2.
The more we talked about air travel with kids, the more I remembered the DVD. The DVD is geared towards young children who have not flown before, ...The Paris Air Show begins
Jun 15th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The Paris Air Show begins today, in what promises to be a week full of excitement and events in Le Bourget, Paris. Along with the Dubai and Farnborough air shows, the Paris exposition is among the largest in the world, bringing in dislpays, press and tourists from all over the planet. This isn't your normal Kalamazoo airshow with the Blue Angels and a couple of helicopters, either. Scheduled only ...Life Nomadic: Building the Ideal Country
Jun 5th, 2009 at 9:00AM: As I travel I build up this myth of the perfect country that I'll someday discover, move to, and give up traveling for. Some countries do things SO RIGHT that it's hard to fathom how other countries can do it so wrong. To get the world moving in the direction, I'm posting -- free of charge -- the blueprint for a new country that does everything perfectly. Let's call it Gadlingland. Police of ...10 places to enjoy May flowers for free
May 29th, 2009 at 9:30AM: When my daughter was about five we went on a wildflower hike for Mother's Day. The hike was free and I remember the day's loveliness even though this was over 10 years ago. May's flowers are one of life's great pleasures. It's a visual feast with the world's locations offering their own special palate.
With this weekend being the last chance to see May flowers as in "April showers bring May ...Students and teachers can fly to London or France for $30 - No joke!
May 15th, 2009 at 4:30PM: Got thirty dollars? You could go to lunch ... or Europe. STA Travel is offering $30 round-trip airfare to London and Paris while supplies last. But not yet. Calm down. On Wednesday, May 20th, the tickets (whose totally ridiculously low price includes taxes and fees) will go on sale, so call them right away in the morning at 1-800-360-9273. You can choose a round-trip flight on Virgin Atlantic or ...French TGV operator goes kid friendly on 2 routes
May 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: During the summer months, families with kids can take advantage of special kid-friendly TGV trains on their Paris-Marseille and Paris-Montpellier routes. Once on board, kids will be entertained by characters from Disneyland Paris, and all children will receive a goodie bag. Kids will also be able to borrow portable DVD players, gaming consoles, books and comics. In total, 4400 seats are put on ...Bouncing Brit babes help hotels launch free nights offer
Stinky London, Rude Paris, Romantic Venice
May 6th, 2009 at 6:00PM: If you need a sense of authority to trust a publication, you can't do better than one from Australia. So, when the Sydney Morning Herald says that Brussels is boring, you have to believe it. Likewise, Paris is overrated, and the food sucks in London (duh).
Well, if you think the folks down under have credibility problems, fear not. It was reporting on a TripAdvisor poll of nearly 2,400 travelers, ...Daily travel deal - A romantic week in Paris and Barcelona for $749
Apr 30th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Got someone in your life that you really want to WOW? How about a 6 night trip from the US to Paris and Barcelona? Today's travel deal includes airfare from the US to Paris, then on to Barcelona, then back home. You also get 3 nights in Paris and 3 nights in Barcelona, plus all hotel taxes and breakfast (when available). Priced out of New York, this deal comes in at just $749. Departures from ...Three important American artists and their museums
Apr 30th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Tom's post about the exhibit in Paris of Andy Warhol's work reminded me of the wonderful Warhol experience I had this past fall at the Wexner Center and my interest in going to the Warhol Museum on Pittsburgh. Museums dedicated primarily to the work of one artist is a way to really see what made a particular artist tick and why his or her work is important to the art scene and culture.
If you ...Hang with Andy Warhol in Paris
Apr 29th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Elvis may have left the building, but the man who immortalized him (no, not the colonel) has left his mark.
The Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais has scored a major win: the museum is playing host to 250 works by Andy Warhol. Quite simply, this doesn't happen. The exhibition, called "Warhol's Wide World," is a rare opportunity for pop art fanatics to immerse themselves in the accomplishments of ...Air France jet diverts after being told to stay clear of US airspace
Apr 26th, 2009 at 4:00PM: If you ever wondered just how serious the US takes its security policies, then read on, because even people on the terrorist watch list that are flying over the US are enough of a threat to force a plane to divert. An Air France flight from Paris to Mexico had to make an unscheduled stop in Martinique when US air traffic controllers notified the jet that it would not be receiving permission to fly ...Dakar to Paris: Layover in Algiers or Tripoli?
Apr 24th, 2009 at 1:30PM: You think that you know things about airlines until you start searching for flights in and out of African. There, the old knowns of KLM and British Airways go out the window and replacements like Afriqiyah Airways and Air Algerie come into play, carriers that many never knew existed. The current itinerary on which I'm working involves a one way flight between Dakar and Paris, a three thousand ..."Taken" (the movie) and travel safety
Spring painting for the Eiffel Tower: It takes gallons
Mar 31st, 2009 at 5:30PM: Every 7 years the Eiffel Tower is painted by hand. Although this icon attracts people by the droves to Paris and prompts folks like Tom Cruise to use it as a romantic backdrop for a marriage proposal, the Parisians don't have much to do with painting it.
Actually, they don't have anything to do with it, but probably do what they can to avoid getting paint dropped or splattered on them when they ...
