Welcome to Singapore via Paris

As many of you know I travelled to Singapore via Paris with Air France so that my dogs could fly with me. When I first started calling around to find a flight that I could get on with my dogs, I was under the impression that both Air France and the Paris airport were pet friendly. I will not go into the long details of why I was not happy with either one, but I will tell you that I did not find either one to be "Pet Friendly".

When I arrived in Paris, 7 out of the 10 people I asked for help did not speak English. The only word they all knew was "Sorry". The three that did speak English all stated that there was no designated pet relief area in the entire airport! How can you be a pet friendly airport and not have a pet relief area with grass and benches? The solution I was told, was to take them outside any of the exits and go "potty" out there. I wanted to show those of you that have not been to Paris what the outside of the airport looks like, from all terminals. If you have been outside the Paris airport then you already know what it looks like.

Looks pet friendly, doesn't it? After I established that there was nowhere to go, I spent 8 hours walking around the airport with my girls, and a cart. Not sure if the awkward stares were for my dogs or me?

(You won't find any homeless people pushing this cart around, you can't find a cart like this at Wal-Mart. This is Paris airport quality! )

As much as they disliked the airport, they where able to find something they loved about Paris, the automatic rotating doors.

(They loved going in and out of this thing! Every time we would pass one they would try to pull me over to it!)

Eventually, Punkin and Budder both decided that they were tired of walking around, and I was finally able to get them to lie down. They looked so cute I had to take pictures! This is them on a bench in the hallway outside of one of the baggage claim areas.

After 31 hours of traveling time we finally arrived in Singapore. Both flights went off without a hitch, and we are all here and doing great! Punkin and Budder are in their 5th day of quarantine and doing well. I have gone to see them 3 times, and been able to take them out twice. While they hate it when I leave, the people there seem to be really nice and the facilities are clean. They have their own room that is 8 x 7 and air conditioned (the dogs at the quarantine station have it better than my soon to be maid). They have allowed them to have their own beds and babies in the room with them, so I am sure that helps when I am gone. Only 25 days to go and counting until they come home!