Aug 12/13 - and away we go

We puttered around on the 12th, making a trip to Plattsburgh so that I could pick up some new shorts and mailing a package to Sara along the way (leftovers from the cottage).  We confused the border agent coming back into PQ and he went through his list of q's, finally understanding and then chatting about his sister moving to Switzerland from France.

Jim and Sheryl took us to the airport.  Traffic into Montreal was a mess as usual but we managed to have dinner at Scores and get checked in, do the oversized luggage scan, have a glass of wine and then board the plane that changed gates at the last moment.  Sandy got p'd off because the gate announcements were unilingual ...

It was a good flight but not being able to lie down means not getting a lot of good sleep.  It's a real hassle to trek from CDG T3 to either T1 or T2 where the rental car counters are located but eventually we made our way to the house in Rambouillet arriving somewhat after 1pm.  We'd landed at 10 so that's about the best that can be expected.

Bob, Marian, Jean & Michelle have been here for a couple of days.  Jerry arrived just before us, having taken a cab from CDG and spending 300 Euros in the process ... ouch !  I just talked to John Lee and advised him of same; he's considering options.

Sandy is snoozing now and afterwards we'll go out and pickup some groceries.  I think that Jerry is also horizontal.

The house is great - huge with 5 bedrooms each with their own ensuite bath.   Bob struck gold finding it.   It's a farm with horses, chickens etc. 

More later ... Sandy just got up.

Onward !