Yeah, I fly. In my dreams more often fortunately. Sometimes it’s scary but most of the time I absolutely love it. Having the air in my hair and getting to places fast. Well, this is me dreaming. Reality is something else however. First, we cannot fly. Second, flying is terrifying because we cannot do it ourselves. I feel it’s like sitting next to the driver in a car. You cannot control things and thus feel that he or she is doing everything wrong and is not being careful enough. In our world however we cannot go to places without the safest and fastest way – flying.

One of my colleagues reminded me once that there’s nothing to be scared of flying just because we cannot control it and our life is entirely in someone else’s hands. Scary thought, isn’t it. It did not comfort me I’ll tell you that.

Well, I have to fly. And I love doing it with my local airline company. It’s because of this reason that the most visited airport by me is near Copenhagen. Honestly, for this and other reasons this airport has grown on me. It’s like a safe haven, I know I am near home plus it has various shops including a display of sports cars (currently holding a Ferrari and a Porsche). In addition to these very beneficial factors the airport also has numerous routes (including Baghdad in winter period). Honestly, it’s the best airport to have your transfer. Facilities are clean and people around you are more civilized than you may be used to seeing in other parts of the world.

So, my fear of flying is softened through this safe place and cozy feeling I get from changing planes in Copenhagen.

Plus, since I am pretty much a control-freak I love the fact that they are trying to introduce this boarding according to seats meaning that the further away you sit, the closer you are to getting on board first. It doesn’t mean however that everybody understands it but it’s worth trying I believe.

Arriving to Paris by plane is the easiest way. Mind you, France is the country with most motorways in relation to its size. We learned it the mildly hard way. Anyways, this time we were on our feet. You can very easily find out from the Internet the Metro stations you need to use and the stations close to the place you are staying. Arriving to Paris through Charles de Gaulle airport means that you’ll have to take RER trains closer to the city in order to hop on a metro. It very well could be that you do not need to take a metro since RER trains tend to go through the city. Mind you that Paris is not as big as one may imagine. I know I thought it was bigger. Charles de Gaulle airport and all metro or train stations are full with very clear and obvious (sometimes even with translated) signs. Think you don’t know your French, well, no sweat here, trust me. In case you get into any trouble, be aware that even you are lucky enough to meet people who understand some English, they definitely won’t speak it. My best advice, learn your way and have some sense with you. Best of all, trust your instinct. That is what has led us through some very nasty and tough situations. Even the ones we thought we could not conquer. We have even had death at our sight. Well not in Paris, but it has thought us well.

So, arriving Paris is really simple. Just make sure beforehand the terminal in which you are landing, the RER that connects your metro or bus station to the place you are staying and it’s probably best that you but your tickets from the ticket stations in the second terminal. Why? They speak English. In case your plane arrives into terminal one or three, do not worry since Charles de Gaulle has a very swift and neat airport shuttle service which again is orderly marked and very hard to miss. Really, missing out on how to arrive to Paris, is something only a fool could achieve.