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Which $? US$? So the rest of us are screwed, aren't we? Do you know how much card companies charge you for foreign currency transactions in a foreign country? Hell, I'd rather stay hungry for a day than pay those charges!Most airports across the world except dollars. Or Mastercard.
Second I don't believe this was at night. If it was a 13hr flight with the flight taking off at 3 AM then they've been there since the afternoon.
The only lousy thing about CDG is that people always talk to you in French for 5 minutes before my version of "Je ne parle pas français" settles in and then they talk to you in normal English. Given their history it's not hard to understand that though so I don't particularly mind.
And as for the French, you're right, they'd rather not speak to you at all than speak in English. Forget the French, even in the Canadian province of Quebec, where there's a French majority, you'll get angry stares if you walk into a shop and talk in English!