LisbonJet's Travels: Paris

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Airbus A320 Family random pictures

Airbus A320fam, 2024/2025

Just a few random pics I took either while on travel or on duty. Thought you might like them:

Paris. First Class. International

Paris, September 2023

When my current company launched their new image in 2005, they used the motto Red and Green - Out of the Blue to introduce their new colors. And since I joined the company I've been using that sentence to mark the milestones in my career in this blog:

This post could have been another "Red and Green - Out of the Blue" since I moved back to the European fleet in September this year for the sake of my own peace of mind. I did not become a senior crew member yet - usually people go back to the A320 family when they attain the purser position - but I decided to return on my own will.

Since I left the ACMI scene, I believed I was totally a long haul type. I had a long 6 years wait until that happened again and 4 more years to fly exclusively on the A330/A340 fleet. And I was truly happy when I started doing long haul flights in 2014. But... working conditions have changed. I changed. I'm not anymore the happy kid in his twenties discovering the world while working. I'm still a happy guy but priorities are not the same anymore. Today I value a lot my time spent in my home base and I'm closer to anything that looks like more to a 9 to 5 job than the other way around.

So... last September I started to rediscover the joys of medium haul and Europe!

And while I certainly took advantage of my layovers in Europe to visit sites of interest during my first tenure in the medium haul, it now seems so foolish that I never visited Rungis in Paris, our most frequent night stop/layover in the medium haul and my first one on this comeback. But it's never too late to feel young again!

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Ville de Rungis

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Paris-Porto

Next day I would return as an extra crew to Porto and since the incoming flight was a little bit delayed I enjoyed the airport traffic in Orly airport, in a dedicated rest area with a view to the tarmac.

Air Caraïbes A350

Can you spot the Eiffel Tower?

Back in Porto, before leaving to Geneva

And what a beautiful sight seeing the Alps again, while returning in the early morning from Geneva!

We'll always have Paris

Paris, May 2013

Paris was far from my favorite European capitals. But after all what you need is the right company and someone who knows this city very well. I was lucky enough to have a college who loved Paris and wanted to go for a walk even though our hotel is far from the center.

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Sacré-Coeur

We started our visit at Sacré-Coeur where you can see the inside of the basilica without paying for it.

Amazing view over Paris

Sacré-Coeur

And then started our "descent" all the way down to the Boulevard de Clichy through the streets of Montmartre district.

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Place du Tertre

Famous square where you can find many skillful artists...

Cabaret de la Boheme

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Moulin Rouge

Finally we reached the Boulevard de Clichy and the very famous Moulin Rouge.

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Place de l'Opéra

I'm still amazed with the beauty of the Palais Garnier, an opera house.

Opéra de Paris

Palais Garnier

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Place Vendôme

And now, the amazing Place Vendôme with a dramatic grey sky!

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Jardin des Tuileries

The Jardin des Tuileries is a big and beautiful garden situated between the Place de La Concorde and the Louvre museum in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.