I took advantage of a special offer from Air France/KLM to sample the new monster A380 Airbus on a flight from London to Paris and back. I stayed in the region called "La Defense" to the west of the Arc de Triomphe. This is a rather fantastic science-fictionesque area of modern buildings. I had a great weekend in Paris - in spite of the horrendous cost of beer. Images of the Airbus 380 are in a separate gallery - it is quite a remarkable aircraft. On the other hand, about 700 people got off in Paris and had to line up at passport control where there were (in my line) six booths of which only one had a passport officer.