Apologies for the late posting of my layouts this weekend, the sunshiny weather has continued over the weekend, so we have been out riding bikes and enjoying the sunshine. It's been a fabulous weekend! So here they are now, better late than never, and with new layouts being planned in my head for the photos I took of us this weekend!
On our last night on Paris I took a few photos of our hotel room. I'd booked it online and took a bit of a gamble that it was going to be OK. It was actually better than OK! We were given a room that was better than we'd booked (and paid for) so we were thrilled. I'd done a lot of research before booking a room and had discovered that many rooms were absolutely tiny. Some only had fold down beds - no thanks! It was still what you'd call a small room in Australia, but more than adequate for our needs.
When I booked the website said that the hotel had a laundry service, which was a huge bonus, but when I asked about it I was told to use the laundromat down the 'rue'. That was an adventure in itself, as none of the instructions were in English and my French was clearly inadequate! We eventually worked it all out, only to be accosted by a drunk, English speaking French man who was desperate to visit Australia and wanted to know all about it. He kept asking us to tell him a joke! It was such a strange experience, but very funny.
Sadly they next day we had to catch the Metro back to the airport. We had all of our luggage with us and got a few dirty looks from the other travellers as we took up a lot of room. It was a pretty uneventful trip back to Singapore except that we were unable to get much sleep and so we were very haggard by the time we touched down. Our bodies were telling us it was the middle of the night, but it was morning in Singapore. We found a couple of banana lounge type things and managed to get a few hours sleep, although it was hard to get much rest when we had to keep one eye on our carry on luggage. Still, it was all an adventure!
Bye for now,
Tina
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