Originally Posted by
olouie
The news should just report when the French aren’t on strike. 3 of my last 5 trips hit, but December the worst with almost no public transport and near riots at some stations due to crowding and pushing.
At least CDG was operating at its normal level of disaster haha.
That reminds me of my first trip to France in 1989. I had purchased a 7 day air pass from Air France for a good price.
On what I had planned to be my only day in Corsica, they were protesting a water tax or a water rate hike, or something like that.
The would block the roads for periods of time. It seems like at least every other visit to France there was a protest about something