My cross-Europe bike tour has begun. My friend dropped me off at the airport in the morning with all my huge luggage. Here is how it looks.
I had to obtain a permission from the airline in advance and also pay an extra fee of $150 so that I could take the bike with me on the plane .
Fortunately the luggage arrived in Paris with no damage to the bike or the equipment. I took a taxi from the airport to the AirBnB place. The AirBnB place turned out to be a really nice house in the Paris suburbs.