Early pick up saw us with plenty of Tulla time. Our Express Pass seemed of little value in getting through Customs as our arrival coincided with many flight crew. Once through Customs, however, we jumped the queue completely and were in the Singapore Airlines lounge in no time. On time boarding onto what seemed a very new B377 with a top notch crew who knew what customer service was all about. Heston B of the Fat Duck was on board and will never know how close he came to getting Curtis Stone's life story.
Transfer to Terminal 3 by foot and rail with more time in Singapore lounge and on time departure (A380) to CDG Paris. Very good service again, and a bit of sleep got us through. Beat our scheduled arrival time into CDG where our Express Pass saw us through French immigration without a queue and in 1 minute flat. Handed over luggage to Avalon rep and transferred to Pullman Montparnasee Hotel meeting point. After a freshen up, spent 3 hours wandering the Montparnasse streets before returning for our Eiffel Tower excursion. Some years since we went up the Tower, but a pleasant 22C and a clear sky resulted in a good view over Paris - always spectacular. Tower now has a glass floor on part of level 1 - not for me! Queues were very long but we bypassed most and had about 45 minutes at level 2.
Continued on for efficient Avalon check in on Creativity, welcome drink and settling in before setting sail on the Seine. About 80% full with around 70% from US, and the balance mainly from UK, Canada, Australia and NZ - average age probably a bit older than us. Beautiful dinner and then an early night - about 46 hours since we were last in a real bed.
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