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<p>Bewilderment laced with pity would be the best way to describe the reaction of friends and family when I revealed where I was headed for my latest travel assignment.</p>
<p>“Roissy?! The <em>airport</em>?! But why?”</p>
<p>Truth be told, I too was a bit puzzled. In France, the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is also known as Roissy, and up until that point I had no idea that there was an actual town bearing the same name. Until I got my hands on a classic smutty novel, that is.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/roissy-en-france-is-so-much-more-than-its-famous-erotic-novel">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html --> Clicsouris/Wikimedia Commons
Bewilderment laced with pity would be the best way to describe the reaction of friends and family when I revealed where I was headed for my latest travel assignment.
“Roissy?! The airport?! But why?”
Truth be told, I too was a bit puzzled. In France, the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is also known as Roissy, and up until that point I had no idea that there was an actual town bearing the same name. Until I got my hands on a classic smutty novel, that is.