since the Wendorfs said good bye . . . " (with apologies to Brenda Lee and anyone familiar with that song from the early 60s). Well, Air France did it again! It just seemed too easy Saturday when the "helpful" airline staff found a flight for Sue and Keith leaving Monday morning exactly when they needed it to. By early Sunday, they'd received an email saying it too had been cancelled. It didn't help that later in the day, the strike was called off; still no flight and they absolutely had to be back by midday Monday. So, after eliminating various potential options one by one, it came down to an overnight train from Nice to Strasbourg leaving here at 7 pm. So, we had a late lunch down on the quay then sat on the balcony, enjoying some sun and that lovely Provençal rose wine before the taxi came. Good thing we had a late lunch as it turned out there was no dining or snack car on the train! While we sat on the balcony, we watched a yacht in the harbour called Samar (it is worth googling). It charters for about €650,000 a week. Gosh, I could sell my house, use the money to charter it, and be broke before the week was up! There was a helicopter coming and going from it. When I sent a photo to my neighbour, a helicopter pilot, asking him if that would be difficult to do, his response was "easy peasy". Well, maybe for him!
Yesterday, I just did stuff around the apartment: laundry, dishes, watering the plants, reading and, oh yes, watching more helicopters come and go from Samar.
Today, Samar is gone but now there are two cruise ships in the bay. It is always changing. Later, so,e friends from Victoria are coming by for drinks and appies before we all go out for dinner. I'm sort of loving this life!
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