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Already in October 2008<\/span>, there was mention of<\/span> a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>baggage theft ring that “was caught at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle<\/span><\/strong> airport with approximately 450,000 euros worth of stolen goods.\u00a0\u00a0The baggage handlers\u2019 finds included computers, iPods, iPhones, cell phones, jewelry, perfume, luxury shoes and travelers checks.\u00a0\u00a0Many items were later sold on eBay.\u00a0\u00a0In 2007, there were 621 baggage theft complaints filed at Terminal 2 which is up 24% over 2006.”<\/p>\n La morale de l’histoire <\/em><\/span>(the moral of the story)? <\/span><\/strong>“Next time you travel to Paris, be careful of what you put in your checked baggage!<\/strong>”<\/p>\n * INFORMATION ON TRAVELLING BY AIR TO PARIS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n “Baggage tips aside, here is some more information on traveling by air to Paris<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)<\/strong><\/span> is located about 14 miles northeast of Paris and Orly<\/span><\/strong> is approximately 8 1\/2 miles to the south of Paris.\u00a0\u00a0You can get to the larger of the two, CDG, from Paris and vice versa as well as travel between the two airports by car, taxi, bus or RER<\/span> (suburban metro) among other ways.\u00a0\u00a0I think the most convenient are the RER and TGV<\/span>, but I’ve taken the Roissy bus and it is also quite reliable.\u00a0AirFrance<\/span> also provides bus services to both airports, but their service is a bit more expensive than the other public transport services.\u00a0\u00a0You can also arrange a\u00a0VIP Airport Shuttle<\/a> if you plan ahead.\u00a0\u00a0If you will be traveling by train to another city, there is also a TGV (high-speed train) station at the airport.<\/p>\n If you are planning on flying into or through Paris, go to the\u00a0Paris Airports website<\/a> which may be of use to you.\u00a0\u00a0It is available in French<\/span> and English<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0If you want to see the English version, just click on the British flag in the top right-hand corner.\u00a0\u00a0There, you will find more detailed information including directions and times\/prices for transportation services.\u00a0\u00a0You can download airport maps and plan terminal shopping excursions for your layovers with their shop finder.\u00a0\u00a0And you can even\u00a0plan a car trip <\/a>as it will give you directions, toll information, distances, travel times and even the amount of money you should plan on for gas!<\/p>\n In the Summer, from July 21st to September 15th, the Charles de Gaulle airport used to host CDG-Plage<\/span> where you could sit in beach chairs under palm trees situated in various areas and enjoy the colorful beach decoration.\u00a0\u00a0This is part of their attempts to offer a wide range of entertainment for passengers on layovers.\u00a0\u00a0Year-round, they also provide Playstation<\/span> and Gulli<\/span> areas, hopscotch carpets, play areas with slides and more, educational games, cartoons, etc. throughout the airport for the young and old.\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/a><\/em><\/em>Other passenger services include massages<\/span>, manicures<\/span> and hair and skin care<\/span> and makeup<\/span> at the beauty salons as well as prayer areas, post offices, tourist information, medical services and Internet.<\/p>\n
![\n<\/a><\/em><\/em>Other passenger services include massages<\/span>, manicures<\/span> and hair and skin care<\/span> and makeup<\/span> at the beauty salons as well as prayer areas, post offices, tourist information, medical services and Internet.<\/p>\nBon voyage!<\/span><\/strong>”\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n<\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Already in October 2008, there was mention of a baggage theft ring that “was caught at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with approximately 450,000 euros worth of stolen goods.\u00a0\u00a0The baggage handlers\u2019 finds included computers, iPods, iPhones, cell phones, jewelry, perfume, luxury shoes and travelers checks.\u00a0\u00a0Many items were later sold on eBay.\u00a0\u00a0In 2007, there were 621…<\/p>\nContinue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[11405,55334,55335,55332,55331,11815,55333,13218],"class_list":["post-7758","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-air-france","tag-bagages","tag-cdg","tag-cdg-plages","tag-periode-estivale","tag-rer","tag-roissy-charles-de-gaule","tag-the-french-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7758"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28296,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758\/revisions\/28296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/media.merchantcircle.com\/37102708\/globe%20logo%20one_full.jpeg\"){kind=link}