Relay is mostly a European newsstand found in most airports and train stations, and is similar to…read morethe UK's WH Smith and US's Hudson Dufry. This particular Relay Newsstand is at CDG in the international section, next to many of the upscale Duty Free stores and close to Starbucks. I was able to purchase several international language newspapers and books here for our long flight back. The lines were short and you could also purchase beverages and sandwiches as well.

This place is tres expensive! Gah! I was quite impressed…read morewith the depth of their reading materials. People go far out of their way to read the French Vogue magazine, or the Parisian Cosmo. That's what I was doing here, anyhow. I was thrilled to see that they have all the weird European magazines that I always long for overseas, and have to resort to reading a digital version. They had Le Monde, the Parisian view of the world news. They proudly carry Charlie Hebdo, the controversial newspaper. They have the comics of Asterix, the Belgian viking. The prices on everything was pretty marked up. They had some souvenirs of Paris, and a special tricky section where it's "Half off!*" (*The second item when you buy two.) The clerks were typically aloof. They sold old looking sandwiches and incredibly marked up sodas. I skipped out on the food. There are better options in the terminal.

Small, hidden small town lodging. I found this place last minute while traveling to Paris. My…read moreAirbnb was canceled, so I quickly booked Vert Galant through Booking.com, mainly due to its proximity to CDG airport. We took the train from the airport (a 30 ride with a transfer between stations), and were pleased to find that we were staying in a quaint and quiet neighborhood in the old town of Villepinte. As with many hotels in France, there is no air conditioning. Also the staff speaks little to no English. Beds are comfortable but small pillow was not.

From the owner: Salons Situé à deux minutes à pied de la Gare de Vert Galant et en face d'un petit centre…read morecommercial, l'hôtel est un 2 étoiles parfaitement rénové. L'établissement propose des chambres équipées de bains privatifs, télévision et de téléphone (ligne personnelle). Cet hôtel est très pratique pour ceux qui se rendent aux nombreux salons du parc des Expositions de Villepinte.

I sent several messages and an email to support regarding a problem I have. No one answered my…read moreemail even after a weeks and someone from facebook support arogantly told me that I would probably never get an answer. I don't speak French so I naturally wanted to solve this problem by email or text since I can translate things.. It's impossible to get an answer. They don't do anything to help you and their rules are ridiculous. I even bought an issurance for the concert ticket and they are not even willing to reply to me. I'll never buy anything there again.

I spent a humongous amount of time in the (huge) book section of FNAC during our last two visits to…read moreParis (in 12/04 & 5/10) and I'm sure I'll do the same thing the next time we visit Paris; their selection of photo/etc. books (my passion) is really terrific. I also visited two of FNAC's other bookstore locations in Paris, but nothing quite compares to the one at des Halles. The reason why I'm not giving five stars is because the employees were rather perfunctory. Still, I gladly spent a small fortune on books each time because of the great selection.