Day 1 -10 July 2023 Canberra to Paris

Alarm at 5.30am for an early breakfast. Favourite Son-in law picked us up & we were away at 7am into Civic to catch the bus to Sydney.  Very convenient dropping us at the door to the international departures. We prefer bus to Sydney, the total travel time is similar, but the bus is so much more comfortable, relaxing & cheaper. Check in & bags is all self-serve & we were into Passports & through security very quickly, our bags checked through Air France all the way to Copenhagen. Our first leg is codeshare on Qantas to Singapore.  Our first flight on the big double decker monster Dreamliner plane. The seats are comfortable & the service good.  The flight took 8.5 hours, we both watched some movies. In Singapore we walked a very long way & fast through the terminal to  change to an Air France plane, a smaller & older aircraft with not so comfortable seats. Our Capitan, Obi One Kenobi announced that we were departing for Singapore later than scheduled & 13.5 hours later we landed late in Paris at 6.45am.  We didn’t get much sleep. Again a very long & fast walk through the terminal & a long wait at Passport check meant we missed our plane to Copenhagen by 5 minutes.