Star Alliance Lounge at CDG

From the mini cabin near 2L, I was one of the first off the plane.

And headed down the marvel of French architecture known as Terminal 1.  LOL.

I had assumed that I would go thru customs and check-in with Qatar as a departing passenger... until I spotted the Salons/Lounges sign.

And the Qatar Lounge.  Really?  Wow, wouldn't that be cool if I could just go and check in there.

Unfortunately, the Qatar Lounge didn't open for another 2 hours, so I decided to try to get into the Star Alliance Lounge.

I was at first denied as the lounge was apparently only for departing passengers.  But the friendly lounge dragon mentioned that they were a Priority Pass lounge.  Et voila, I was in.

The lounge has a First Class area, upstairs behind the check-in desk and the small Business Centre.

The larger Business Class Lounge was downstairs.

Which was pretty crowded when I arrived.

But eventually thinned out an hour later.