Saturday morning; doing my laundry early to miss the rush. I got new sheets from the front desk so I will have clean linen tonight. Somehow I missed the official change last week and it is now 14 days since the last change. (Actually the Maison info sheet says bed-linen is changed every 15 days ???? so I was just about right with my request.) There was a note in the lift saying that as there were a lot of residents moving out this weekend normal cleaning would be suspended on Monday, which is why there was no demur when I asked to change my own sheets.
The Sun is fighting to get out from behind the clouds so it has the potential for a nice day. Waiting around a bit for the dryer etc., but the Cafe may be open at 10.00 am on Sat. If so Coffee and a croissant! No Cafe so I headed over to the RER station to get information.
I had a win: I needed to find out how much it will cost me to get to the Charles de Gaule Airport for my flight to St Petersburg. At the RER information booth I was told in broken English that for September only there is a "Nouveau" offer, my Navigo card will give me travel on all sections including section 5 to the Airport! They gave me a brochure in French, which I took back to the Cite and asked a couple of residents if the could explain the deal to me. Basically the same story!
I finish up at the Museum on Monday and fly out on the Saturday the 5th September, so the timing is excellent. Section 5 also includes Versailles, which I will try on Tuesday 1st September. If it is "free" I can also try a dry-run to CDG airport to reconnoitre the Aeroflot departure area in Terminal 2C. (Normally a 20 Euro round trip). I am told CDG is big, busy, beautifully styled, but functionally confusing. (Sounds typical French; and part of it collapsed soon after it opened!)
I have started the research field-trip report for SCU. Based mainly on my daily blog but I will include insights from the feasibility trip in 2011. The two trips together have given me a sound platform to proceed with the next phase of the project, which will be the retracing of sections of the 1801 artists journey(s).
I finish up at the Museum on Monday and fly out on the Saturday the 5th September, so the timing is excellent. Section 5 also includes Versailles, which I will try on Tuesday 1st September. If it is "free" I can also try a dry-run to CDG airport to reconnoitre the Aeroflot departure area in Terminal 2C. (Normally a 20 Euro round trip). I am told CDG is big, busy, beautifully styled, but functionally confusing. (Sounds typical French; and part of it collapsed soon after it opened!)
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