The others - day 32 (Pontorson to Paris CDG) - FINAL BLOG!

I cannot get over our good fortune 're the weather. First day in over two weeks of riding to dawn very wet and miserable! Our host offered to drive us to the Gare (train station) as a taxi wouldn't take on such a short trip but we would be well and truly soaked if we tried to walk it. Train arrived on time (10.47) and off we set towards Granville (!!!) Through the farmlands of Normandie. Hard to imagine the battles that occurred on this land in 1944 as it all looks so beautiful now. Had to change at Granville and instead of a TGV it was another RER (regional) train which still moved very quickly again through beautiful undulating farmland and forests and typical French villages. We arrived in Paris on exact time at 3.05 and then had to find the shuttle bus to Charles de Gaul airport. Managed the fairly long walk to the shuttle pick-up and paid our E36 for the ride. Took a while for the bus to arrive and then we set out on a very slow drive through the congested Paris traffic via Care de Lyon to pickup more passengers. No doubt about the beauty of Paris - tree lined streets, wide boulevards beautiful buildings and green parks with occasional glimpses of the Eiffel Tower - but a slow crawl in the traffic. Even when we eventually entered the motorway the traffic was at a standstill as far as you could see - should be renamed the "shufflebus" we decided. We eventually arrived at CIG at 5.15 having travelled since 10 this morning without eating! There was no foodservice on the RER which I found quite surprising and we weren't prepared for that. So we eventually booked into the Citizen M airport hotel same as last week and had a really good flat white (!!!!) and tarts for a much needed afternoon tea. Dinner tonight a very good lamb curry. Plane leaves here at 2 tomorrow afternoon for Hong Kong so easy sleep in with late breakfast to prepare for the home flight marathon. Arriving Brisbane about 12.30 Thursday morning. Fabulous trip. What next? Certainly China in April!