Mom was really sick over night –
which was really too bad. At least they
are headed off to Nice today and are staying in one location until they come
home next week. That is much better than
traveling around or needing to get on a plane sick.
At noon we walked to the local
train station (with Shawn hauling my huge green suitcase) to catch the train to
the TGV station just out of the city. It
was a nice little station, and it was easy to catch the train. The TGV was easy too, with a beautiful platform,
however, because we had less than 4 minutes to board it was a little
hectic. And there was not a lot of room
to store our bags – I hate that rush that happens on trains!
Shawn made it over to our boat for
brekkie before mom and dad headed off to catch their train. We had a good last breakfast before Kendra,
Shawn, and I went up to install ourselves in the lounge for a few hours.
Shawn and I went for a long walk. He had told me he left his new travel shirt
in his hostel in Tolouse, but actually it was in the hotel here in Avignon – so
we walked all the way back to his hostel to get it. Yeah!
We then walked back through the city to get back to the cruise ship.
We all hung out for a while before
the lunch buffet was open. So Kendra and
I ended where we started a week ago.
Kind of a funny feeling. It is
super nice to have Shawn here as well, however.
At noon we walked to the local
train station (with Shawn hauling my huge green suitcase) to catch the train to
the TGV station just out of the city. It
was a nice little station, and it was easy to catch the train. The TGV was easy too, with a beautiful platform,
however, because we had less than 4 minutes to board it was a little
hectic. And there was not a lot of room
to store our bags – I hate that rush that happens on trains!
Our seats were right next to a
young family with a girl about Laure’s age – and this one giggled and yelled
for the entire 2.5 hour train ride back to Paris. My ears were bleeding by the time we made it
off of the train in Paris.
We treated Dani and Sophie to
pizza for dinner. I figure that is the
least we can do with all of our “crashing” we are doing at their place. I felt bad because we had to get up early
again tomorrow to get Kendra to the airport for her 8:30am flight!
I know that France is in financial
trouble, but it was interesting to learn more from Sophie about this – they are
in big trouble and there is huge resistance in making that change happen. There is so little interest in working longer
or understanding why this is so important for the country. Sophie actually said that the country’s debt
is 95% of their GDP currently and the current President is liked by only 12% of
the population. Definitely not a good
place for things to be.
Sleep.
-AJ
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