Paris: Departure from CDG

 

Sunday

4/28

CDG-JFK-MSY 930am-12pm/405pm-644pm Delta 0267/1551 Seats: 30A, 30B; 12F, 12D; 767-400; Airbus A319   -Left the apartment at 6am with G7 cab (he got there 10 minutes early, very reliable). Cost 63E (56 +7 booking fee). Driver was quiet and competent with a deep down funk. Arrived at CDG 2E and he let us off right near the VAT Refund desk (is it gate 8?). We found our check-in location, dropped off the bags. Went through the various security and passport controls. Made our way to gates M (2E has KLM gates) via the terminal train. And had a good 2 hours to wait for departure. The Starbucks in 2E M had the b&w Paris mugs. -The flight was uneventful. The flight attendants were kinda weird, mostly big guys, not friendly or engaging. The food was not great. My seat did not stay reclined so I had a hard time sleeping. Pretty quick to JFK which is a very confusing airport. We landed at Terminal 4 and our flight to NOLA left from terminal 4 but nowhere did it say that, only the gate (A11). And boy were they surly there. We finally figured things out, signage was terrible, and I got in the TSA Precheck line while husband did Clear which took longer than TSA.  -We decided on drinks and a snack at Le Grand Comptoir (drinks good, spinach dip not so good, good server). 4 hour layover was very long and I’m still miffed that Delta changed our flights. At any rate, landed in NOLA early. Brother-in-law brought us home and after a sauna, I crashed. Vacation over.

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