14 Days in France - First time
May 6th, 2018, 08:33 AM
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If I were facing an 11.5-hour bus ride to Avignon from Paris, I would simply change my destination. But no one knows yet exactly how and which train lines will be affected on the 23rd. You can keep checking in with SNCF for updates. Or you could decide now to fly from Paris to, say, Montpellier or Nice and wend your way from there
May 6th, 2018, 09:06 AM
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If I were facing an 11.5-hour bus ride to Avignon from Paris, I would simply change my destination. But no one knows yet exactly how and which train lines will be affected on the 23rd. You can keep checking in with SNCF for updates. Or you could decide now to fly from Paris to, say, Montpellier or Nice and wend your way from there
May 6th, 2018, 09:19 AM
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>>Or you could decide now to fly from Paris to, say, Montpellier or Nice and wend your way from there<<
I believe that AF is also on strike. Will they be on strike on May 23? What airline are you taking from Nice??
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I believe that AF is also on strike. Will they be on strike on May 23? What airline are you taking from Nice??
Stu Dudley
May 6th, 2018, 09:28 AM
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May 6th, 2018, 10:52 AM
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It’s a pain dealing with a train strike in France if you are a tourist. Fly EasyJet to Nice and rent a car and you can explore the Cote with your time or you can drive towards the west of Provence. We fly EasyJet often and find them quite good.
May 6th, 2018, 01:01 PM
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Hi , so my ticket was to fly into CDG and fly out of VCE , I will definitely be using the inbound flight but I now have flexibility to fly out of Nice (if thats my lastt stop) or another city because I am not using my return ticket instead using miles to fly back.
For carcassonne - 1, albi - 1, st cirq la popie - 1, sarlat - 1, limoges - 1, -- u mean take day trips rather than stay there , right?
I was just going to book my train ticket , feel like I am back to square one if I cant take the train , because I really wanted 4 days in Paris.
As for driving -I do rent cars when I travel but just a little nervous of doing it in France because I speak no French whatsoever
For carcassonne - 1, albi - 1, st cirq la popie - 1, sarlat - 1, limoges - 1, -- u mean take day trips rather than stay there , right?
I was just going to book my train ticket , feel like I am back to square one if I cant take the train , because I really wanted 4 days in Paris.
As for driving -I do rent cars when I travel but just a little nervous of doing it in France because I speak no French whatsoever
No, those are not day trips! We picked the overnight stays so as to make the journey truly part of the fun. Each point is only about 2 hours driving apart, and the scenery is fantastic. (Okay, Carcassonne to St. Remy/Arles/Avignon is a bit longer, more like 3 hours. Ditto Orly airport to Limoges, maybe 3.5 hours.) Given your exit gateway, you'd be doing the drive in reverse.
I would think a GPS would help you circumvent language problems. (We just used old fashioned maps.) But if you aren't keen to drive, at least not a driving trip of this type, we'll just have to all put our thinking caps on and figure it out. If you really want that 4 days in Paris, well, it's your trip so that means Paris is in. Then maybe fly from Paris to NCE and then backtrack to do a bit of Provence and back to Nice using a rental car (not so intimidating perhaps if you are only doing a small area. )
May 6th, 2018, 02:10 PM
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It's a bit hard to imagine how not speaking French would impede your ability to get around, whether by train, plane, or automobile. You just have to know where you're going and be able to read maps or use a GPS.
I personally hate driving to Paris from the Côte d'Azur, or vice versa, but it's got nothing to do with language, just that it's a long, long trip with many stretches that are not much fun unless you have a couple of weeks to use the backroads.
I personally hate driving to Paris from the Côte d'Azur, or vice versa, but it's got nothing to do with language, just that it's a long, long trip with many stretches that are not much fun unless you have a couple of weeks to use the backroads.
May 6th, 2018, 05:36 PM
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Agree with both of u , I guess its intimidating and boring when you're driving alone for long distances. there is a morning flight from CDG-NCE at 7:30 AM- contemplating if its going to be tough getting there so early
May 6th, 2018, 08:06 PM
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We love taking a taxi from our apt in Paris to CDG early in the morning & watching all the late nighters getting home, and also the city starting to wake up in the morning, and the delivery trucks making their deliveries. It is a unique experience.
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May 6th, 2018, 10:18 PM
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if it doesnt work I'll find something>
could always stay in Paris and next day trains will probably be running and I believe your ticket will be valid on any train - only alternatives are flying CDG to say Lyon and renting car or renting car in Paris. Not good options and that train most likely will run.
could always stay in Paris and next day trains will probably be running and I believe your ticket will be valid on any train - only alternatives are flying CDG to say Lyon and renting car or renting car in Paris. Not good options and that train most likely will run.
May 9th, 2018, 08:34 AM
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I fly Easyjet often, also, and you don't have to travel any lighter on them than any other airline. In fact, their carryon allowances are more generous than some major carriers and they don't have any weight limit on carryons, either (some airlines do). The only difference is they want you to have only one bag, not a bag plus personal item, but given how generous the size and weight is, that isn't hard to do. Their checked weight limit is 20 kg which is a little low, but not that much. You do pay extra for checking a bag, but many airlines do that nowadays. So I think it is a good option as they are British, if you want to fly somewhere.
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