Back to Sterling and Bridge of Allan.

Friday 9th September.
We had a breakfast at the hotel and then a walk on the beachfront before driving back to Glasgow via a moreland road to Dalry. It is a wet day.
A quieter day. Barbara and Susan have worn the kids out.
Cup of tea and caught up with their news and headed to Sterling for some shopping and lunch before back to David and Debbie's.

Some final washing and packing preparation before we took the Nicol clan to Corrieri's for dinner. A good note to finish on.

Saturday 10th.

Lyn David and I went for our last run, up to the reservoir above Bridge of Allan. The heavens opened for the whole run and we were soaked. the paths and roads were like torrents at times. Our shoes should keep NZ customs interested.
Debbie had prepared a decent breakfast, and we were full after that. She also had a decent lunch prepared so we had to steel ourselves for more. We all went for a walk into Bridge of Allan and the kids( incl. David) had ice creams.
After lunch we packed and said our goodbyes and headed to Glasgow to eat more food at Barbara's!

Quite relaxed.Graham and Catherine came after work and saw the kids.  Barbara had cooked a roast chicken which was good. Cath is a vegetarian and had these interesting vege rolls. Not really that nice!

Bed.

Sunday 11th.

Breakfasted, packed and said our goodbyes to Susan and Barbara and headed to the airport. Said goodbye to our trustee Vauxhall Zafira, what a car!
EasyJet to Paris. This was proving a little nerve wracking for Lyn. It all went smoothly but there was some concern about how we would get all of the baggage to the room. We seem to have amassed a whole third bag of clothing in the UK and are not travelling so lightly now. The bus to Montparnasse was obvious, most of the staff spoke some English at least as good as our french. The bus stopped right outside our apartment entrance. So in the end all worked out well.
Accommodation is reasonably pricey in Paris, we have a great room with a great view of the Eiffel Tower on the 7th floor but 4 nights comes to about 600 Euros. All very comfortable and modern.
We had a cuppa and everyone was a little peachy and in need of food so went for a walk and found a nice restaurant. Kids all tried escargot and loved it. Ash reckons that he will order "six escargot s' il vous plait" next time. They are all using words of french gleaned from our extensive vocabulary!
Back to the room and off to bed for the kids. Lyn and I had a few wines and watched a movie. The American. Quite good.

Warren