The Independent’s Simon Calder arrives at ‘empty’ Charles de Gaulle airport after Olympic travel chaos

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Simon Calder arrives at 'empty' Charles de Gaulle airport after Olympic travel chaosSource: Simon Calder

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00:00Just touched down in Paris. I'm at Charles de Gaulle Airport. There's almost nobody here.
00:08I got a frequent flyer points flight across from London. I'm now heading into the centre
00:15which I expect to find pretty much empty. I'm going to be a tourist all day long and
00:22hopefully have lots of fun as well as seeing a little bit of Olympic action.
00:28Get here soon!

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