Bonjour, mes amis!

[Devil]

Ooo. Off to Paris on the 22nd of June Looking forward to it (and escaping our winter!).

[merv]

Cool thread.

As for those about to go over good luck with the volcano.

We were due to leave Paris 15 April last year and even went through passport control etc to sit on the plane and then after a long wait got sent back into the terminal to re-enter Paris because flights weren't leaving any more as the ash cloud made its mark. What followed was an extra 6 days on our holiday stuck on the other side of the world. Each morning was like ground hog day until there was a break in the wind and a slight easing of restrictions to allow flights to go again. The novelty of waiting had worn off by then. I wouldn't wish it on any of you.

[Devil]

That must have sucked. Looks like this one isn't going to be as much of an issue.

If shit happens and we're stuck there I have family in Paris, so it'd just be an extended holiday

[DR650gary]

Bloody volcanoes! Off to AKL today the KL tomorrow before London on Friday. Fingers crossed, although there are worse places to be stuck than KL I suppose.

Will be in Paris from 26 June to 3 July as well, unless an ash cloud intervenes.

Leave us some wine please vifferman

[vifferman]

Cool thread.

As for those about to go over good luck with the volcano.

We were due to leave Paris 15 April last year and even went through passport control etc to sit on the plane and then after a long wait got sent back into the terminal to re-enter Paris because flights weren't leaving any more as the ash cloud made its mark. What followed was an extra 6 days on our holiday stuck on the other side of the world. Each morning was like ground hog day until there was a break in the wind and a slight easing of restrictions to allow flights to go again. The novelty of waiting had worn off by then. I wouldn't wish it on any of you.

Dang.

Did I mention that this was a replacement trip for last year's one? We were supposed to be flying back from Yurp on June 28th, 2010, but unfortunately that was the day I was having my heart switched off and overhauled.

I'm back at work now, after our 33-day jaunt, and it sucks!
So cold!
So boring!

I'd only just got used to lazing about, sight-seeing, and eating properly delicious food. At least I can still drink wine, as the troglodytes left our wine cellar alone while we were gone. Shame it costs so much more - I'd just started to get used to the concept of 2 Euro bottles of wine...

The good news? I've actualy put on no weight, just lost a little muscle and put on some fat. The extra 3kg was fluid, courtesy of crappy circulation caused by writing off my last VFR a few years ago. A few aspirins and plenty of water, and it disappeared again.