Monday, 8 October 2012

Saturday - transit to Paris

Drove from Couze to Bordeaux airport - ended up clocking up just over 1100 Kms driving for the week.  Then a bit of a wait at the airport & a flight to Paris - all uneventful.

We always knew that leaving the last of our trip to go the furthest north & arriving in Paris in October was risky & so it has proved to be.  We'd been watching the Paris weather from Couze & it has been showery & so it was when we landed.

Given the weather we decided not to use the trains to find our way to our apartment, but to take a cab.  Despite getting the silent treatment from the driver & experiencing an amazing traffic jam (roads closed on the Ile de la Cite) we got there eventually.  

The appartement (as the French would call it) is a classic "bed sit" - large room with all the bedroom, couch and dining table all in together. It has a galley kitchen & is functional, reasonably well placed to get to everything, but has little charm. As we'd just arrived we didn't feel like going out for dinner, so found a Carrefour just across the road, bought some staples & had an appetiser of salmon rillett, green olives & some nice cheese with a bottle of french red, followed by the very classy toasted ham & cheese for dinner before falling into bed. 

So - it is off to see the sites for the next few days - weather dependent.

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