Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Who are we? We'll we're the Peace Corps crew headed to Benin in July 2005. We'll be gone two years and 3 months. This blog is us figuring out what in the heck we're doing in the meantime.
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Did anyone check out the flight info to Benin. Just shy of 19 hours from Philly to Paris, six hour lay over in Paris, and than five and a half hours to Cotonou. What's that, a day in the air? Awful.
Whoops, I counted wrong. The flight is closer to 7 hours.
No one said getting to the 3rd world would be easy! =P
It won't be so bad...wish we had more time in Paris so we could go explore. There still may be time - someone will have to tie one of those kiddie leashes to me since I get lost everywhere I go.
Seriously 19 hours to paris? that's crazy. I would figure 19 hours in the air, total.
Kat, we can explore together and maybe increase our chances of finding our way back. I've never been and want to go to Paris!
it's not really 7:40 am as I'm posting this. believe me, I slept longer than that!
Is the Peace Corps really going to let us wander around Paris between flights? That would be amazing!!
I've heard they do let people wander, but if you somehow don't make it back for the flight, I think you pretty much just ET'd before you even got in country. :)
We've got just under 6 hours of layover. The math, considering trains, customs, boarding etc, no so encouraging.
Agreed. 6 hours sounds like a lot, but I would imagine that to even get into Paris you'd have to go through customs and what not. Then, to get back into the airport you'd have to go through security and what not... and since we're supposed to check in at the desk for our flight to Benin 2 hour prior to departure... I think that would leave about 20 minutes in which you could enjoy the exterior of the airport =/ Besides, what time are we even getting in to Paris? And how do you think we'll feel after 19 hours in the air? Ick...
But, who wants to go to Paris in 2 years and 3 months?!
we're not in the air for 19 hours. I added the six hour time zone difference, instead of subtracting. The flight is seven hours and forty five minutes.
Ben and Lyle, you are probably right. I did it once and remember it being pretty easy, but maybe too risky under these circumstances. We can feel it out. Check your e-mail...bike measurements and such.
I think the airport is located on the outskirts of Paris anyway, so we'd have to find transportation to get anywhere...
6 hours does sound like a long time, but it's probably not going to be enough considering all the customs and security stuff.
It's a 45 minute train ride into the city by RER (sort of like the metro, only . . . not). Tix are about 7.50EUR each way, depending on how far you want to go, but that also includes a metro fare, which you'll need to get anywhere interesting.
I'd say not out of the realm of possibility, but probably not for the faint-of-heart. :)
Sounds like just enough time to hop into the city, take a couple of photos to prove you were there, et pour un croissant.
No, not for faint-of-heart. But Peace Corps is for.....? ;)
God looks out for fools, that's all I gotta say. :-d
A very quick trip into Paris with six hours would definitely be do-able, but just remember that Charles de Gaulle airport is generally a nightmare. I would be very, very careful about security and allowing enough time. Also, you never know when those French metro workers will go on strike!
I say let's go for it. I think bdh has it right, a photo and a croissant.
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