November 29th:
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5:13pm | Good morning! It’s 1C here in cloudy Paris, warming up for a maximum of 3C! Well I’ll be indoors, in airports, planes, cars, hotels mostly. |
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5:32pm | This morning I’ll be packing my bags, and at lunch time going to the airport, to make my way to the UK. Flight goes via Zurich! |
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5:33pm | Then at LHR I have a chauffeur car picking me up to drive me down to Eastbourne. So it’s a transition day! |
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5:44pm | Leave Paris today for the UK. Au revoir, belle Paris! |
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7:20pm | All my bags are packed I’m ready to go, The dawn is breakin’ it’s early morn. I’m leavin’ on a jet plane. Don’t know when I’ll be back again |
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11:38pm | Au revoir, Paris! You are akways beautiful. Am at CDG, boarding flight to Zurich in just under an hour. |
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11:41pm | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris , France |
Today |
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12:55am | About to depart Paris |
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12:55am | About to depart Paris |
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2:22am | Snow-covered hills & fields on way into Zurich, along with some sun, made it a pretty trip. Guess what we were given for a snack? Toblerone! |
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2:28am | Zürich-Kloten Airport |
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7:04am | Cavendish Hotel |
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7:06am | Checked in at hotel in Eastbourne |
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7:06am | Checked in at hotel in Eastbourne |
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7:31am | I have a bag |
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7:31am | Room is very ordinary (nothing like anything in the photos online). No room at any of the restaurants, & attempt to order food even at … |
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7:38am | Of crisps! Bar is full of oldies wearing Christmas crowns & playing bingo, with banter like a holiday ‘resort’. It’s all like a bad dre … |
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7:41am | Better in daylight & after I’ve slept. We’re not in Paris anymore, Dorothy |
Green 
November 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Hi Andrea – Sorry you had to come back to earth! I saw your Mum yesterday at the 50th anniversary of Wahroonga Church. I was pleased to see her looking so well.
December 1st, 2008 at 3:12 am
Hi Jenny!
Yes, Mum was delighted to have spoken with you. It sounds like it was a successful day, a good one for catching up with lots of people.
And yes, this is a bit of an anticlimax after beautiful Paris. My quick updates above didn’t come through properly. I got in about 8pm, and couldn’t order anything at any of the restaurants, or even snack food at the bar because they were busy with functions. All I could manage to buy was a bag of crisps, and I was too tired to go exploring the town, and chances are I mightn’t have found anywhere. The bar and the restaurant was full of oldies wearing those silly Christmas paper crowns, having a merry old time. In the bar they were playing bingo, with the banter sounding like it was from a Butlins holiday camp.
Hope you’re enjoying your new toys
Andrea