*** We hate the Charles de Gaulle airport. We had an 8 hour layover in this far-from-cool-attractions place, which was cut in half by the time we actually found our terminal and gate! That place is like a maze....we walked through detours directed down sketchy hallways, took the shuttle bus a ba-zillion miles to the correct building, and then navigated the most obscure walking sidewalks you can imagine (ones that go uphill and downhill)!!! It was like the amazing race - except neither of us were really in the mood to play that game. We had a sleepless flight to Paris and the last thing we wanted was a challenge! Luckily, we got some comic relief going through security, as Phil was asked to unpack the bag he was carrying - my new lululemon bag. Out came the pink snuggy, Sargeant Snowflake and Captain Canada. He had to tell security that "YES" he did pack the bag himself. BAHAHAHAHAHA - that security woman will be smiling for days! Tayls and I had a good chuckle over it as we sipped tea together before the next flight:
*** We really thought our hassles were over until we boarded the plane and noticed that every single piece of luggage was loaded onto the plane, except for five suitcases. Thank goodness we were seated by the window because three of them were ours! We alerted the flight attendant, who looked into the situation and returned to tell us that no one believed "the Parkinson's" were on the aircraft (I suppose the pink snuggy and teddy bears didn't make the big impression we thought!). Ah well, the men in the bright vests went back out to sort through the luggage and put two of the five suitcases onto the plane. The two that weren't ours!!! Again, we got the flight attendant, who promised she would NOT leave without our luggage!!! Sure enough, in the middle of an almost-freak-out, they loaded our bags onto the plane too! Woo hoo.....the marathon would have been much tougher in Birkenstocks!!!
Once the plane left Charles de Gaulle, our luck seemed to change! The Iceland Air staff are LOVELY and the plane is so sweet inside. There are quotes about the country everywhere (on the seats, pillows, blankets, napkins, etc.), including ones that tell you about believing in elves and finding the Prime Minister's personal number in the phone book! SO COOL. Here's a view of this INCREDIBLE place as we began our descent to the most AWESOME time EVER:
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