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.