We were delayed an hour due to the late arrival of our plane. D.'s plane was going through Montreal and we would meet in Paris. He had the free ticket on Continental while I had to pay for Air France. But his plane was delayed leaving Newark and he and S. (my son) were the last to make it on board. The one bag they checked did not follow until the next day.
Fortunately, we were staying overnight in Paris at the Sheraton CDG in the airport. We ventured into Paris to our mainstay Chez Andre on Rue Marbeouf, to meet a college classmate with whom I reconnected at a recent reunion. She has lived in Paris for 20 years, and works at Hermes, how fabulous is that!
We had a lovely meal, nice company, with perfect weather. I gather that the weather in Europe has been terrible. When we arrived yesterday afternoon and stopped at our favorite farmstand to get some basics for the house, we chatted (I should say D. chatted, I listened) with the owner who told us about the weather for the last two weeks was terrible, high winds, and much rain, not good for the cherries and apricots.
When we arrived at the house we were sad to learn that one of our favorite trees, a beautiful apricot tree, had to be cut down after it became uprooted in one of the heavy storms, the mistral, during the last two weeks of bad weather.
But we moved in, exhausted, I unpacked while D. went shopping to Auchon because the stores would be closed on Sunday. And then we went into St. Remy for a late dinner at Bistro de Alpilles which has changed its menu substantially, but was wonderful as always.
Today, we slept on and off, watching some world cup with our German host and his friends. And I made a late dinner and we sat outside and enjoyed the air and light. I thought that however much I love being here, a Starbucks decaf cappuccino skim would be perfect tonight, but I won't be having that for a month.
We were spending some time also getting used to our new iphone 4g - which D. had decided we should have before we left, so there we were the morning we were leaving getting up at 5:30am, and on line at the store at 6:30am, and getting our reserved phones activated and out the door by 9:15 am, so not terrible, but stressful, to then get on the plane with a phone I am not familiar with. But fun and an adventure.
But now we will settle in and explore old and find new favorites.
