We have not heard from our agent all day which we are taking as a good sign that the lease signing will go forward as planned.
On Sunday we took a 30 minute walk to the maison de convertibles where we found a very nice selection of futons and eventually purchased a very nice 160 x 200 cm futon. It has a 14 cm thick mattress. We laid on it and it was as comfortable as a real bed. It will be delivered on August 14th if we sign the lease.
Today we took a cab to Julia;s office where we supposed to pick up her company car. Very nice office in an industrial part of town. Unfortunately the car would not start. We left the car to be serviced at the office and we took a cab to the carrefour(a grocery/home goods store) which was our original plan except we had hoped to drive. We compared prices at carrefour to monoprix and decided that it would be worth 1 trip per month to carrefour to stock up on the bulk items such as fanta zero, loo paper, cereals, etc.. We also had a nice lunch at a pizza place. I think I could learn to like european pizza. Of course, I don't think I will ever order the pizza made with tuna or smoked salmon. Can someone explain how the pizza is made with ouef(egg)? Neither Julia or I can picture how a pizza is made with an egg and we are to chicken(no pun intended) to order one.
Well, after we were done shopping at carrefour we ordered a taxi to take us back to the apartment. After we had been in the taxi for about 5 minutes we received a call that the car was ready to be picked up. There was nothing wrong with the battery, it was the keys. The car Julia has been given is a very nice Peugeot 607. Metallic gray with 4 doors. She is disappointed not to have bun warmers but it does have a remote screen for the rear window for use when Samuel is in the car. So Julia asked the cab to turn around and take us to her office where she got out and picked up the car and I returned to the apartment in the taxi.
Another eventful day in the lives of the charters in Paris. Hope your days are as interesting and fun filled. Keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well at 10AM tomorrow.
We will send an e-mail when we have signed the lease but be sure to check the blog for a story and pictures.
We will be in London from Thursday through Sunday visiting family and godparents who have yet to meet Samuel.
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Perhaps it is a hard boiled egg?
ReplyDeletego on, be brave and let me know!
Love the blog and photos
Carolyn
Hi Charters,
ReplyDeleteAs for the egg... it is over-easy. Tuna is not so bad, but I wouldn't get it on purpose, and I always managed to avoid the egg and also the one with the little tiny squid (black things, many legs, smaller than your thumb). Bon courage.
Dave, remember "anomie" in language terms. It's the feeling that you get that is just being sick of it all and wanting it to be easy like it is at home. People who experience anomie in the foreign culture are much more likely to do well in the language. It was true in my experience - I love France and French, but it doesn't mean I appreciate having to finagle (beg) to open a freakin' checking account. The girls who loved everything about Caen left after a year still thinking that "dimanche" was a legitimate way to order an ice-cream sundae at Quick. I kid you not.