04 October 2006

Takeoff

So here we go. This morning we are taking the train from St-Aignan to Tours (St-Pierre-des-Corps is the TGV station there) and then on to Roissy, where Charles de Gaulle airport is located, northeast of Paris.

More pictures of our village in France: the café-tabac-newsstand

At Roissy we will check in at our hotel and leave our bags. Then we'll take the RER (regional transport system) train into Paris for the afternoon and evening. We have dinner reservations at a restaurant called Allard, in the Latin Quarter. It's an old-style bistrot that I've never managed to visit before, even though I've heard about it for about 30 years.

The banks of the Cher river down in the village

Our plane on Thursday morning takes off at 8:30 a.m. That means we have to be in the terminal by 6:00 a.m. at the latest. So it'll be up-at-4:00-and-out-the-door before dawn. We should be in New York well before noon.

The village church

We'll see if we can do any blogging from New York this coming weekend...

Fall colors on the walls of village houses

5 comments:

  1. Have a good trip - we will miss your blogging but look forward to hearing from you Stateside.
    Regards,

    Carol

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  2. Thanks for the lovely parting pictures and Bon Voyage!

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  3. Bon voyage ! Vous allez profiter de l'été indien, veinards :-) ! Bises. Marie

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  4. Marie, il fait frais ici à Albany en ce moment -- 4 petits degrés ce matin. Et avec les effets du décalage horaire nous sommes réveillés vers 5h00 le matin. Ça passera... Ken

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  5. "Marie, il fait frais ici à Albany en ce moment -- 4 petits degrés ce matin"

    Oh, alors, l'été indien, ça sera pour plus tard dans votre périple ?!!! Profitez bien de vos vacances, vous nous manquez mais on se dit que vous êtes heureux, alors... Bises. Marie

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