Arrivng CDG airport Paris
May 21st 2005, 12:34 am
#16
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
... it up.
Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
enjoyed your arrival.
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
... it up.
Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
enjoyed your arrival.
May 21st 2005, 5:21 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
Magda wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:54 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>
> ... We are staying at Familia Hotel Rue de Ecole...
> ... not sure Im willing to try to negotiate the subway....had a helluva time
> ... in Russia...
> ... We speak german quite well but no French.
> ... but Air France shuttle sounds good, with a taxi...
>
> Wouldn't it be Rue des Ecoles ?
He SAID they don't speak French, Magda. :-) (Anyway, that
sort of mistake is common, even among those of us who have a
nodding acquaintance with the language - singular/plural and
use of incorrect gender....)
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:54 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>
> ... We are staying at Familia Hotel Rue de Ecole...
> ... not sure Im willing to try to negotiate the subway....had a helluva time
> ... in Russia...
> ... We speak german quite well but no French.
> ... but Air France shuttle sounds good, with a taxi...
>
> Wouldn't it be Rue des Ecoles ?
He SAID they don't speak French, Magda. :-) (Anyway, that
sort of mistake is common, even among those of us who have a
nodding acquaintance with the language - singular/plural and
use of incorrect gender....)
>
May 21st 2005, 5:28 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
dumbstruck wrote:
>>Or just take the RER direct to St Michel?
>
>
> ATTENTION to the above advice! For many, perhaps most, folks the
> easiest and fastest route is right from CDG air terminal to anywhere in
> north, central, or south paris in one, fast train route, the RER-B
> line.
Taxis work even better - especially when you're tired after
a long international flight, and don't speak French! They
give you door to door service, and you can avoid any
misunderstandings by showing the driver your written out
hotel address. (Sure, they're more expensive, but it beats
getting lost in a strange city, then trying to explain where
you REALLY wanted to go to someone who speaks only his
native tongue.)
>>Or just take the RER direct to St Michel?
>
>
> ATTENTION to the above advice! For many, perhaps most, folks the
> easiest and fastest route is right from CDG air terminal to anywhere in
> north, central, or south paris in one, fast train route, the RER-B
> line.
Taxis work even better - especially when you're tired after
a long international flight, and don't speak French! They
give you door to door service, and you can avoid any
misunderstandings by showing the driver your written out
hotel address. (Sure, they're more expensive, but it beats
getting lost in a strange city, then trying to explain where
you REALLY wanted to go to someone who speaks only his
native tongue.)
May 21st 2005, 5:30 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
elliot wrote:
> it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
> it up.
If that's where you're planning to go, don't you think it
might be a good idea to get the name right? (If it DOESN'T
"matter" to you, perhaps you should stay home?)
>
>
>
> it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
> it up.
If that's where you're planning to go, don't you think it
might be a good idea to get the name right? (If it DOESN'T
"matter" to you, perhaps you should stay home?)
>
>
>
May 21st 2005, 6:14 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sat, 21 May 2005 10:21:02 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... Magda wrote:
...
... > On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:54 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
... > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... We are staying at Familia Hotel Rue de Ecole...
... > ... not sure Im willing to try to negotiate the subway....had a helluva time
... > ... in Russia...
... > ... We speak german quite well but no French.
... > ... but Air France shuttle sounds good, with a taxi...
... >
... > Wouldn't it be Rue des Ecoles ?
...
... He SAID they don't speak French, Magda. :-) (Anyway, that
... sort of mistake is common, even among those of us who have a
... nodding acquaintance with the language - singular/plural and
... use of incorrect gender....)
Time to learn, or what ?
Once I told a (foreigner, of course) friend that I lived near the Mairie. Hôtel de Ville.
I gave her my address but she zapped the station name and was 30 min late when she called,
half panicking, asking where the hell was the street where I lived - she was in Mairie de
Saint Ouen.
You can't be too careful with these folks.
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... Magda wrote:
...
... > On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:54 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
... > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... We are staying at Familia Hotel Rue de Ecole...
... > ... not sure Im willing to try to negotiate the subway....had a helluva time
... > ... in Russia...
... > ... We speak german quite well but no French.
... > ... but Air France shuttle sounds good, with a taxi...
... >
... > Wouldn't it be Rue des Ecoles ?
...
... He SAID they don't speak French, Magda. :-) (Anyway, that
... sort of mistake is common, even among those of us who have a
... nodding acquaintance with the language - singular/plural and
... use of incorrect gender....)
Time to learn, or what ?
Once I told a (foreigner, of course) friend that I lived near the Mairie. Hôtel de Ville.
I gave her my address but she zapped the station name and was 30 min late when she called,
half panicking, asking where the hell was the street where I lived - she was in Mairie de
Saint Ouen.
You can't be too careful with these folks.
May 21st 2005, 7:33 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:34:05 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
> ... it up.
>Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
>enjoyed your arrival.
How will he find his way back?
wrote:
>On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
> ... it up.
>Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
>enjoyed your arrival.
How will he find his way back?
May 21st 2005, 7:47 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
Frank F. Matthews wrote:
> The machined at CDG will not take credit cards.
> They will even not take cash in the form of paper
> money. Coins only. A really DUMB situation.
Where did you come up with that impression? I just used a credit card
at CDG recently, although with some trepidation since the Italian
before me had his bank of rome card rejected a number of times. I
would always expect a particular card may be rejected and carry
alternate ones. But there was a different kind of machine there also,
which might have required those euro credit cards with a chip inside -
why don't they label those machines better, since there are 2 train
systems there? CDG seems poorly organized and probably needs a
management change.
At the Orly airport, I must confess the machine did reject my credit
cards and appeared to only take coins (and a paper change machine
didn't work). While I was digging every last coin out of my luggage, I
noticed a strange detached paper money slot off to the side, and darned
if it didn't work fine and immediately tell my machine to spit out a
ticket.
My RER-b advice may have sounded complicated, but you can just follow
the signs and will get there, maybe in a slightly less efficient way.
Best to use rail, and not contribute to the congestion and pollution
you may be trying to excape anyway...
> The machined at CDG will not take credit cards.
> They will even not take cash in the form of paper
> money. Coins only. A really DUMB situation.
Where did you come up with that impression? I just used a credit card
at CDG recently, although with some trepidation since the Italian
before me had his bank of rome card rejected a number of times. I
would always expect a particular card may be rejected and carry
alternate ones. But there was a different kind of machine there also,
which might have required those euro credit cards with a chip inside -
why don't they label those machines better, since there are 2 train
systems there? CDG seems poorly organized and probably needs a
management change.
At the Orly airport, I must confess the machine did reject my credit
cards and appeared to only take coins (and a paper change machine
didn't work). While I was digging every last coin out of my luggage, I
noticed a strange detached paper money slot off to the side, and darned
if it didn't work fine and immediately tell my machine to spit out a
ticket.
My RER-b advice may have sounded complicated, but you can just follow
the signs and will get there, maybe in a slightly less efficient way.
Best to use rail, and not contribute to the congestion and pollution
you may be trying to excape anyway...
May 21st 2005, 8:08 am
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Take coins was: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
dumbstruck wrote:
> Frank F. Matthews wrote:
>
>>The machined at CDG will not take credit cards.
>>They will even not take cash in the form of paper
>>money. Coins only. A really DUMB situation.
>
>
> Where did you come up with that impression? I just used a credit card
> at CDG recently, although with some trepidation since the Italian
> before me had his bank of rome card rejected a number of times. I
> would always expect a particular card may be rejected and carry
> alternate ones. But there was a different kind of machine there also,
> which might have required those euro credit cards with a chip inside -
> why don't they label those machines better, since there are 2 train
> systems there? CDG seems poorly organized and probably needs a
> management change.
It's not an impression it is an experience from March 2004. The
machines at the top of the escalators leading to the RER platform would
not take credit cards. Not only mine but none of the ones from anyone
in the line. This included european credit cards. I tried two
different cards before I gave up and fed it the coins. Fortunately I
had a bunch of euro coins left from a previous trip.
If there was a strange paper money slot none of the other folks in line
were able to find it.
There were folks running all over making small purchases trying to
cobble together enough coins to get a ticket downtown.
Since then I have been told that the folks at the Thalys ticket windows
will sell RER tickets but there was no indication I could see.
>
> At the Orly airport, I must confess the machine did reject my credit
> cards and appeared to only take coins (and a paper change machine
> didn't work). While I was digging every last coin out of my luggage, I
> noticed a strange detached paper money slot off to the side, and darned
> if it didn't work fine and immediately tell my machine to spit out a
> ticket.
>
> My RER-b advice may have sounded complicated, but you can just follow
> the signs and will get there, maybe in a slightly less efficient way.
> Best to use rail, and not contribute to the congestion and pollution
> you may be trying to excape anyway...
>
> Frank F. Matthews wrote:
>
>>The machined at CDG will not take credit cards.
>>They will even not take cash in the form of paper
>>money. Coins only. A really DUMB situation.
>
>
> Where did you come up with that impression? I just used a credit card
> at CDG recently, although with some trepidation since the Italian
> before me had his bank of rome card rejected a number of times. I
> would always expect a particular card may be rejected and carry
> alternate ones. But there was a different kind of machine there also,
> which might have required those euro credit cards with a chip inside -
> why don't they label those machines better, since there are 2 train
> systems there? CDG seems poorly organized and probably needs a
> management change.
It's not an impression it is an experience from March 2004. The
machines at the top of the escalators leading to the RER platform would
not take credit cards. Not only mine but none of the ones from anyone
in the line. This included european credit cards. I tried two
different cards before I gave up and fed it the coins. Fortunately I
had a bunch of euro coins left from a previous trip.
If there was a strange paper money slot none of the other folks in line
were able to find it.
There were folks running all over making small purchases trying to
cobble together enough coins to get a ticket downtown.
Since then I have been told that the folks at the Thalys ticket windows
will sell RER tickets but there was no indication I could see.
>
> At the Orly airport, I must confess the machine did reject my credit
> cards and appeared to only take coins (and a paper change machine
> didn't work). While I was digging every last coin out of my luggage, I
> noticed a strange detached paper money slot off to the side, and darned
> if it didn't work fine and immediately tell my machine to spit out a
> ticket.
>
> My RER-b advice may have sounded complicated, but you can just follow
> the signs and will get there, maybe in a slightly less efficient way.
> Best to use rail, and not contribute to the congestion and pollution
> you may be trying to excape anyway...
>
May 21st 2005, 9:37 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
and perhaps you should mind your business..
I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
May 21st 2005, 10:01 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... and perhaps you should mind your business..
... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
I'll show you to the door.
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... and perhaps you should mind your business..
... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
I'll show you to the door.
May 21st 2005, 10:04 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:01:15 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... and perhaps you should mind your business..
> ... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
>I'll show you to the door.
The trap door.
wrote:
>On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... and perhaps you should mind your business..
> ... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
>I'll show you to the door.
The trap door.
May 21st 2005, 10:26 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:04:07 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:01:15 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... >
... > ... and perhaps you should mind your business..
... > ... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
... >
... >I'll show you to the door.
...
... The trap door.
The cat's ?
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:01:15 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... >
... > ... and perhaps you should mind your business..
... > ... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
... >
... >I'll show you to the door.
...
... The trap door.
The cat's ?
May 21st 2005, 10:29 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:26:26 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:04:07 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:01:15 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > ... and perhaps you should mind your business..
> ... > ... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
> ... >
> ... >I'll show you to the door.
> ...
> ... The trap door.
>The cat's ?
The hangman's?
wrote:
>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:04:07 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:01:15 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:10 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > ... and perhaps you should mind your business..
> ... > ... I do believe this board has more than its share of shut ins.
> ... >
> ... >I'll show you to the door.
> ...
> ... The trap door.
>The cat's ?
The hangman's?
May 21st 2005, 10:31 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sat, 21 May 2005 21:33:40 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:34:05 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
... > ... it up.
... >
... >Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
... >enjoyed your arrival.
...
... How will he find his way back?
<BIG evil grin>
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:34:05 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
... > ... it up.
... >
... >Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
... >enjoyed your arrival.
...
... How will he find his way back?
<BIG evil grin>
May 21st 2005, 10:34 am
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Re: Arrivng CDG airport Paris
On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:31:57 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sat, 21 May 2005 21:33:40 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:34:05 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
> ... > ... it up.
> ... >
> ... >Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
> ... >enjoyed your arrival.
> ...
> ... How will he find his way back?
><BIG evil grin>
<sniggers up sleeve> :-)
wrote:
>On Sat, 21 May 2005 21:33:40 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:34:05 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:38 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (elliot)
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... it may be rue de whatever..., assuming it mattered to me enough to look
> ... > ... it up.
> ... >
> ... >Don't. Give the chauffeur a bad address, get lost and then come back to tell us how you
> ... >enjoyed your arrival.
> ...
> ... How will he find his way back?
><BIG evil grin>
<sniggers up sleeve> :-)
