5/9/2015 Paris - St Petersburg
I was up at 6.00 am and had a light breakfast, but the hot water had not come through yet. (I had my shower last night to save time in the morning). The weather was cloudy but not raining. Very cold so chose thick trousers and my micro-fleece jacket "shell". Finally justifies packing them! Checked the St Petersburg airport and my flight is due in at 4.55 pm. Last minute pack then off to RER station and Charles de Gaulle Airport. Allowing a lot of lee-way time so I expect to be sitting in the departure lounge for a while.
I did indeed have a half-hour wait for the "Gate 14" to open, after getting to the Airport and to the Terminal 2C, then another hour standing in the slowly moving line for the AEROFLOT boarding pass and to check my suitcase. More lines through to the customs and passport control, then a wait for about 15 min before the boarding call. Everything was "just in time" from the RER journey through to boarding call, so although I left CITE very early for the airport I really could not have left very much later. No stress because I had "dry-run" the RER connections and located the correct Terminal before hand (and had given myself a lot of lee-way time).
Flight was good although crowded, and the meal was a bit strange but I arrived in St Petersburg on time and cleared customs and immigration with no problems. Met the "ON THE GO" tour lady and a couple of other group members and went by mini-bus to the hotel, excellent room. Had tour group meeting at 8.00pm then tried for a meal. Only MacDonalds open so got a Russian "Cheese burger and a coffee". Very little sleep.
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