October 13 to 15. Planes, trains and automobiles. The pillow edition.

3 days for the price of one, as the days were somewhat disjointed with lots of travel.  We did some laundry at the nearby supermarket where Peter stocked up on his favourite treats to bring home, said goodbye to Calypso 29, took a private car-bus to an airport hotel near Charles de Gaulle Airport. Spent the next day exploring the Air and Space Museum (5 hours!) and did a bit of shopping.  And on the third day we said goodbye to Peter and headed south via train to Limoges to resume walking.

A man who looks like he loves hanging in laundromats. 

The LeBoat people are super to deal with and this lady was particularly helpful.  She was checking out the blog as well.

A zinnia. Gorgeous colour!

We were supposed to have a 7 passenger van take us to Paris. Expensive but it avoided 2 taxi rides and three trains, plus Rawley was packed up in his bags and there was just too much to haul…so we are unapologetic!  However, the van had apparently broken down so the driver showed up in a 16 passenger mini-bus, just for us.  Luxury, as it was a 4 hour drive.

Scott doesn’t like to be ignored, which Ken is doing his best to do as Scott can be rather…well, let’s just say non-stop chatty. So scott nattered at me and says as his mother I must listen.  He has planned out our three week trip to Japan, including places to stay… except…are we even going to Japan? And then Uzbekistan?

Ken is looking a little 😱 afraid of the nuclear plants. About 70% of France’s power comes from nuclear.

We can’t remember why Ken had such a big pout on.

Check out our bus – just for us. And the big pile of luggage. We sent Peter with three checked bags as Rawley needs 2 bags.

The hotel has a kiosk where you could choose from a number of different restaurants, order your meal, and have it delivered to your room. What a brilliant idea, especiallyfor travellers just coming off long flights.

A Nutella dispensing machine at the breakfast buffet.

Our hotel was on the landing path for Air France planes. Very cool to see them coming in so low…but the room was quiet with double windows.

Ken can always find some old thing to look at. 1973 Airstream.  Very shiny but gutted inside.

Many of their stoplight have shapes to help colour blind people.

A bidet in the space museum, only about 200 years old.

There was a school group at the CL215, so I told the teacher Ken worked with them in Canada. He assumed Ken was a pilot and was telling the kids. It’s hard to explain Air Attack Officer.

I flew on an Air France 747 from Paris to Toronto waaaaaay back in 1970.

They had 2 Concordes you could walk through.

After having been hosed for 50 euros for a 12 km taxi ride, we walked the 4 km to the mall after the museum. Did I mention we spent 5 hours in that museum??? Just saying. 

Also, we passed 2 random black sheep just hanging out.

Should I be frightened that Ken and I said the same thing as we passed by here…that this is where old shopping carts go to die? Are we starting to think alike? 😵‍💫

We got quite chilly on the boat with cooler temperatures,  so we thought it was time to send some of our warm weather clothes and hit a Decathlon store for some puffy vests. Ken never thought he’d have to go mall shopping in France!

Ken modeling his new ensemble, toque and women’s 2XL puffy vest (there were no men’s vests). Quite the striking pose and a random guy walking by gave Ken the thumbs up and a “looking goid”.

The 15th. We give Peter hugs goodbye as he heads onto his flight to Calgary and then to Edmonton. The rest of us take 3 train rides to get to Limoges where we will start our walk again.

Ken was sad he couldn’t find the bar car on our train.

We spent 2 hours talking with Carol and Kevin from Australia on one leg of the journey. Love meeting new people.

Scott found us a Korean restaurant in Limoges – very yummy.  The food, nothing Scott.

Our familiar Camino shell to mark our path.

Peter’s plane (the red one) landing in Calgary. Now mom can rest easy.