Update on CDG security

Charles De Gaulle airport does not make you take off your shoes or remove your laptop from the carrying case. They do, however, very earnestly ask you whether you packed your bags yourself, etc. They also ask you whether you are carrying anything that looks like a weapon or could be used as a weapon. I decided that this probably wasn't a good time to be a smart-ass by pointing out that a sock and a weight (say my iPod) makes a pretty good weapon.