I have a much better feeling about the courier’s ability to find the boat today – we’re right in middle of town, easy to spot. My luggage should arrive soon. Ummm, not so fast, toots.
I was here about 7 or 8 years ago, but due to one thing or another, the only places I visited were pharmacies. We passed both of those pharmacies on our walking tour – nice to see they’re still doing well.
Our tour was fascinating. Like many European towns, the conversation started about destruction during the war and the subsequent re-construction, all very interesting and eye-opening. But then we turned a corner, and we went back 600 years.
Cobbled streets, open marketplace, true half-timbered houses and shops, a massive stone cathedral, a tiny wooden church. Absolutely wonderful. We’re back here on Thursday and I can’t wait to re-visit the places the guide showed us and really soak the town in. Everyone promised me Rouen was beautiful and it hasn’t disappointed.
I have been receiving texts and emails from British Air telling me to contact the Parisian Courier company directly. Then when I got back from the tour I got a call from BA Baggage in Paris, telling me Rouen was too far, and I had two options: pick up my bag at Charles De Gaulle on my way home, or have it shipped to my house in Scotland. Ever the one for an easy life, I picked option A and will get it on the way out of town. So, I’m stuck with just what I’m in now (I could go shopping but I hate shopping and that’s not what I came to France for).
Ah well.