Aéroports And Avions – Taking A Plane in French

Je viens d’arriver chez nous (I just arrived home) and after le long vol (the long flight) from France, with une escale courte (a short layover) in Spain, all I wanted to do was sleep. I’m back to my home country for the first time in a very long time.

Before I got on l’avion (the airplane), I had to find my way to l’aéroport and pay le prix du billet (the fare). Une fois dans l’avion (once I was on the plane), I sat in une place côté couloir (an aisle seat) so I could get up and walk around as much as I wanted, and besides une place côté hublot (a window seat) isn’t worth very much on un vol de nuit (a red eye flight).

Photo by Nick Harris on Flickr.

Even if it wasn’t un vol de nuit, there’s not much to see au dessus de l’océan Atlantique (over the Atlantic Ocean). I only had une correspondance (one connection) to make, and l’escale wasn’t too longue.

Une fois à la maison (once I was home), I went straight to bed, but because of le décalage horaire (time difference) I ended up waking up much earlier than I would have liked! La fatique à cause du décalage horaire (jetlag) is tough to get over when you move between oceans.

Voici un petit vocubulaire :

Une avion – An airplane

Un aéroport – An airport

Une compagnie aérienne – An airline

Le vol – The flight

Une escale – A layover

Un décalage horaire – A time difference

La fatique à cause du décalage horaire – Jetlag

Une place côte couloir – An aisle seat

Une place côte hublot – A window seat

Un vol de nuit – A red eye flight

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