It was great to be back home, even enjoyed the rain and typical west coast weather in Vancouver. By the time we reached Victoria it was sunny. Cooler than we've been used to but very nice. Our house was in super shape when we arrived and Kate and Jean who had been house sitting this past month or so left us a wonderful bowl of fruit in beautiful bowl by billie byjornert of "Concretedesign" (woman located on Cadboro Bay Rd who did the tables for Pure Vanilla). It's just perfect as the pale pink tones and material makes it seem like a piece of the provencale houses we love so much. Thank you so much!
All flights were on time although we had problems of some sort every step of the way. Almost missed our plane from Nice because of a taxi mixup....a hotel staffer was going to rush us there in the end but the taxi did finally arrive. Problems again with my electronic ticket but they did manage to create a boarding pass in Frankfurt and just managed to get a seat as they were way overbooked and people with reserved seats from months ago were on standby...used to be impressed with Lufthanza but no more. One bag missing in Vancouver so dealing with that meant almost missing the plane to Victoria. but arrived in the end and delighted to see the Curlings at the airport. We celebrated our return with a pastis....of course!
It was rather sad leaving our little village of Carquieranne since we have spent about 8 months there in the last three years it almost seems like home. We really enjoyed our three days in Nice and got up to Vence on the public bus for the equivalent of less than 2 dollars. It's great....you can go anywhere in the Alpes Maritimes for a local bus fare....Cannes, Grasse, and loads of other places.
Checked the status of our lost bag online and seems it has been located and they are waiting for the airline to verify.
Would have been sorry to lose it as all my paintbrushes, easel, and most of our souvenirs were in that one.
