Ok so we got back from the trip, and yes now in hindsight I will most likely never fly LHR-CDG ever again! The flight itself was fine (flew BMI), but I have to say that LHR was a bit of a let down - nothing like what I had expected... I know it sounds a bit corny but LHR is the one airport I had always wanted to experience - there was not much to really experience about it! Very old, and very slow security lines...
The whole trip ended up taking about 8 hours - by the time you count the bus from Russell Square to LHR (too early for the tube), checking in, waiting in MASSIVE security line, boarding, taxi (not too bad surprisingly!), flight itself, then arriving at CDG to wait on the taxiway for about 1/2 hour, finally getting a bay, disembarking, waiting for baggage, getting grumped at by ar*ehole in Customs, then figuring out how to get the train into Bastille!!
Ah bitter experience, what a great teacher you are
