come fly with me, lets fly, let fly away!

Dealing with flights to and from home for Christmas was quite easy. Siân and myself decided that we should book well in advance because of the rush of people flying to and from France to get home for Christmas. We used Airfrance for flights, they were very reasonable and the flights were regular so we didn't need to worry about getting stupidly early trains to make it in time or have to sleep in the terminal at the airport. 

http://www.airfrance.co.uk/cgi-bin/AF/GB/en/common/home/home/HomePageAction.do

The flights were from Charles de Gaulle airport, it is a big international airport there is no need to worry about getting lost and there are a lot of security and staff to help you. At the same time we booked the flights we booked the train tickets, the trains from Besanҫon are quite regular from the main train station and go straight to the Gare de Lyon. Then from there you get the Airfrance shuttle bus which collects from just outside the train station. It is about 45 mins journey on the bus to the airport, it also drops off at all the terminals so you just have to make sure you know the right one to get off at, but it is very clearly sign posted so it is easy.  We made sure that we allowed ourselves plenty of time to get from the station to the airport and then enough time to check in and have time to relax before the flight. its best to allow yourself plenty of time and to allow yourself to eat something because it is an all day journey. 

Charles de Gaulle airport with it being a international airport it flys to a lot of the United Kingdom airports. 

Now we have come back from Christmas we have already booked our flights and trains back home for Easter. For trains we have a railcard you get up to 60% off prices and it costs 49euros. 

http://www.sncf.com/fr_FR/flash/#/SEARCH/ZGlzY291bnRz/ 

Tut tut!

Ok! I have been very bad with updating my blog... to be honest I forgot all about it. From now on I am going to be much better at keeping it up to date. 




So I have had time home over Christmas, which was fantastic it was so good to be home and see everyone and catch up. the journey to and from Besancon to home was easy enough to do. we caught a direct train from Besancon train station to the Gare de Lyon in Paris, then got a shuttle bus to the correct terminal at Charles de Gaule and from that point onwards it was fine, just checking in and waiting to be called for the flight. we were so lucky to be able to get home because the very next day all flights were canceled due to snow and several of our American friends were stranded in Paris until it was safe again to fly. The return journey was much the same other than a very cold and tedious four hour wait at the Gare de Lyon for our train to leave.