Hello, I'm Simon Calder and I am most delighted that you're able to join me for today's travel podcast.

I am speaking to you from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, which is, and I have spent the day here so that you don't have to,

absolutely the worst airline airport in the world. I'd always thought that maybe New

York Charles de Gaulle, one of the two big Russian airports would be a better candidate, but no,

I can absolutely verify that Paris Charles de Gaulle is an absolute nightmare. Now, I'm speaking to you from

Wassie-Bull. This is the bus station, which is called CDG-1. So you think, oh, that'll be by

Charles de Gaulle 1, Terminal 1, but it's not like that.

There is Charles de Gaulle. Terminal 3 is very close to the station mark 1 and quite a long way from the terminal 1.

You can sort of get between them on something called the CDG Val, a little underground train,

which I'm on now at the moment.

But at the moment, since, well, a decree in October 2020, all the action has been from Paris Charles de Gaulle

Terminal 2. Now, that particular terminal is a weird one. I'm going to be arriving pretty

much in the middle of it and you can kind of think of it as a couple of wings

Spreading out and it's very very symmetrical at least on the plan

But it is not in that practice. So for example you fly British airways to Varys Charles de Gaulle and you will emerge into what appears to be an airport and

it's quite well signposted what you do next.

If however you arrive on EasyJet and you are in the Terminal 2B area then that's a good place not to be.

You come out and you think hang on I've just

ended up on the film set for some dystopian movie well finding good value places to

eat and drink is a real problem the best thing you can do if you're in

Turnbull 2 is hop on the shuttle.

Prochean Array parking PX. Assure you to not forget your baguages. Next station,

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