Back on the evening Delta flight to Paris. Slight delay but otherwise smooth flight. Departure time of 6:00pm gives you the day to get sorted and the arrival time around 1:00pm in Paris means that you miss the rush at passport control and the rush hour traffic going into the city in the morning. I had an unused airport RER ticket so took the train into the city and just by luck ended up on an express, so it was very quick. Walked from St. Michel station to the hotel in St. Germain. After a shower and regroup, it was off to the Storage area to pick up my hiking poles. Then a dinner with John R. And Léopoldine and managed to stay awake till 10:00pm, good for a first night! Off to San Sebastián via train tomorrow.