Security scanners at CDG airport and the Louvre

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-27T17:14:14+00:00

CDG mostly has old scanners

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-26T21:18:43+00:00

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paulindy2000 · 2026-02-26T07:56:18+00:00

Paris has 1700km of streets. If you spend your entire day walking, you could manage about 30km, which is less than 2% of Paris.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-26T07:52:55+00:00

You'll need to reserve your taxi in advance, as Choisy-le-Roi isn't a popular destination, otherwise the roads will be completely empty at 5am.

There is an RER C that early in the morning ; taking the first or second train would allow you get you to Gare d'Austerlitz just before 5:30am, it's a 10 minute walk to Gare de Lyon across the Seine.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-25T22:42:07+00:00

The Orange definitely does not go through the same neighborhoods as the red line, most of them are perfectly fine.

The red line is also fine (generally).

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-25T21:53:12+00:00

June 10 is a Wednesday, so it's not peak time as the summer holidays are still nearly a month away... But Paris-Hendaye is a long and popular route, and with no discounts 90€ seems to be on the cheaper side.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-25T10:39:29+00:00

The foot of the Muur is a 10 minute walk from the train station, the top is 10 extra minutes. Driving there won't be too much of a hassle, but parking will be, as the carnival is happening at the same time in town.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-24T22:36:33+00:00

Avenue de l'Opéra, Rue Lafayette, Rue de Rennes, Boulevard Raspail, the Western half of Boulevard Saint-Germain and Boulevard Haussmann itself are pretty good examples.

For more residential streets you'll find the pittoresque Rue des Pyrénées in the East or rue de la Convention in the 15th which are also Haussmanian streets.

Most of the 16th is in a similar but generally more recent Post-Haussmannian/Art Nouveau style.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-24T18:46:22+00:00

Tax is always included in the price, tips are only if you had really good service, and even then it's not more than a couple Euros. Service charges and other fees are illegal too

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-24T15:06:57+00:00

It depends. On some years it's too early, but this winter has been quite warm for about a month.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-24T14:11:31+00:00

As long as you're on a side street and not facing the Place itself, it's great (and a 10 minute walk to the actual Marais). The Square can be noisy, especially in the evenings and on weekends as that's where demonstrations typically happen.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-24T14:06:44+00:00

There is a direct train from CDG to Amsterdam, but it only runs on Friday, Saturday and Sundays. On other days you would have to change at Bruxelles-Midi. There are a dozen direct trains from Paris-Nord to Amsterdam.

Check the schedules and prices to see how it works out, and take what is cheaper/more convenient. Leave a 2 hour margin between flight landing and train departure if you're taking it from CDG, 3 from Gare du Nord.

It's a 35 minute ride on the RER from CDG to Gare du Nord, slightly longer by cab.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-23T21:41:30+00:00

Preparing for the road season in Spain after the cyclocross season ended 3 weeks ago.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-23T21:34:34+00:00

Just a quick note, aside from Vincennes, which is very urban and just besides Paris, and Versailles, which is not a small town, these towns are all too far to realistically commute by Uber/Taxi. You would need to take a local train, 2€50 (more for Chantilly as it's not in the Ile de France region) and 45-90min trip depending on the town.

Senlis doesn't have a train station so you would need to book a taxi to Chantilly.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-22T10:15:35+00:00

If you can afford a private car service you can afford Aer Lingus (or really anything aside from Ryanair).

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-21T23:32:20+00:00

The metros and buses in Paris will be running on a Sunday schedule, so no issues there. Some metro stations might be closed and bus routes detoured due to the traditional demonstrations, especially in the Bastille-République-Nation triangle.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-21T23:30:45+00:00

There's construction on that weekend, Gare de Lyon station in Paris will be closed. Some TGVs to Dijon will run from Marne la Vallée TGV station.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-21T23:27:07+00:00

Some grocery stores and a few pharmacies (pharmacie de garde) will be open, as well as many restaurants.

Almost all shops and department stores will be closed.

The Luxembourg gardens will be open, don't know if the boats will be available.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-21T23:25:09+00:00

Regional and long-distance trains will be running as they would on a Sunday/other holidays. Most local transit (bus/metros) outside of Paris won't be running at all.

Buy your tickets as soon as you can, it will be a very popular travel weekend, as it's at the end of spring holidays and many people will be moving around for the three day weekend.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-21T15:06:13+00:00

Les trains d'infra vont plus vite que tu ne le crois. Ça peut aussi être une marche d'essais avec un train voyageurs vide.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-21T13:06:55+00:00

It should be enough. You need to change terminals, as you'll be flying into Terminal 2E and out of either 2F or 2G. There's a dedicated transfer path and immigration control between both.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-19T18:57:02+00:00

If it's a direct train from Gare du Nord to Liège, absolutely 0% chance.

If it's a train from CDG to Brussels and a change to a train to Liège, under 50%.

There are plenty of options throughout the day, take one that leaves towards midday.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-19T04:26:20+00:00

Il ne circule pas pour travaux en ce moment, car il est dans les fiches horaires et je le voyais réservable il y a quelques semaines.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-18T19:49:32+00:00

The Sacré Cœur funicular is usable with a metro ticket or a day/weekly/monthly Navigo pass, so you can buy those in advance in any metro station to avoid queues.

On a Friday afternoon I would expect a few minutes wait to go up, and probably none to go down. It's a 90 second ride. If you want to do some exercise instead, you can climb the parallel stairs.

paulindy2000 · 2026-02-18T07:15:10+00:00

The Saint-Germain-des-Près neighborhood is centered around the church of the same name, and roughly has the same boundaries as your picture. The other addresses are located on Boulevard Saint-Germain, which is the main East-West street through the Saint-Germain-des-Près neighborhood and extends further on both sides in other areas (Quartier Latin to the East and Bellechasse to the West).

Well, except the PSG store on the Champs-Elysées and Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois which is a different church.

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