UK & Europe '24 Day 22 - Galeries Lafayette Haussmann and a final exit via Gare du Nord
We didn't need to rise early today, checkout was at 10am so we decided to snooze a little longer, having already packed last night. Our flight isn't until 10:40 tonight, so writing in Charles de Gaulle is my last Parisian activity before the long haul home to see our boys in about a day's time (or two if you count the day we lose crossing the international date line). We had hoped to see the Catacombs today, but left it too late to book tickets, but we plan to come back to Paris, so it's a "next time activity". Our friend Suze recommended checking out Galeries Lafeyette, and we're glad we took on her suggestion, because the shopping experience, the centre alone, is astonishing. I successfully acquired a day tripper ticket and a ticket each to the airport without any unusual faces from the ticket attendant and we hopped on the RER service, line E to Haussman (for anyone who's curious, RER stands for RĂ©seau Express RĂ©gional) Magenta station is beautiful,