April 17
We arrived in France, making our way to the RER at CDG with only a little confusion. We surfaced into the sunshine, blossoming trees and flowers of springtime Paris at Denfert-Rochereau. In a jet-lagged daze we circled the area, getting our bearings, then walked through a bit of the Montparnasse Cemetery, before reaching the Gare Montparnasse with over 2 hours before our train. Our tickets, purchased long ago, could not be changed, so we dined on salad and quiche at the Cafe du Maine before boarding the sleep-inducing high speed train to Bordeaux, where with a bit of help we found our way to the lovely and friendly Maison Bastide.
It is warm, so I shed my fleece, wool pullover and boots. Tomorrow we’ll explore Bordeaux and figure out how we’ll get to Toulouse on Thursday when the trains will be on strike.
Good luck with the train strike. We experienced it as well, trying to get from Toulouse to Lyon. I'm sure it will work out. Bon Chemin Dayton and Karen
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