A Drippy Day

September 21st 

We left Tours this morning in a downpour and it rained the entire way back to Paris.  Jay did a great job manuvering between trucks and cars to get us back to Orly where we dropped off our car.  The day started off with us trying to load the car in the rain and not end up soaked.  At one point we went out the gate without the key to get back in so Jay ran around the building and found someone in their window to come let us back inside.  It was lucky that we left the apartment door unlocked so we could get the rest of our things.

The TT Car Transit office is offsite at Orly so we drove right in, under cover, and turned in the keys. Such a simple transaction...no lines, no complicated forms just turn in the fobs and off we went. The FreeNow AP is what we use in France (and last year in Ireland) and works like Uber or Lyft.  I dialed up a van and it came in about 3 minutes.  Arriving mid-afternoon made it a quick 30 minute trip to our apartment in San Germain.  The apartment is perfect with a comfortable king bed, a washer and dryer, dishwasher and view of the center courtyard so it is very quiet.  We will definitely return next year!

There is a fun restaurant down the street and we really needed a drink after the stressful drive.  I was a little hungry so ordered the pate compagne which was delicious.  With no reservations for dinner we headed off to Leon of Brussels for mussels.  I actually ended up ordering the sole meunière because it was half the cost of other restaurants but Jay stuck with the moules in curry sauce.  This particular Leon's is pretty large and has several little separate seating nooks and when Jay tried to return from the WC he couldn't find our table and the waiter had to help him. I guess I should put an AirTag in my purse so he can locate me.😏

Another Chocolate Lava Cake - Yum!

It's great to be back in Paris!