Pat in Toulouse, 2004

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09/21/2004: "From Esperaza thru Hell to Toulouse..."


The only bad memory from the trip is the trip from hell to Toulouse
airport..........first off, we didn't realize that the gas stations aren't
open on Sunday....we only had a quarter of a tank of gas and finally found one
that took credit cards.....oops, only FRENCH banc cards. Luckily we talked a
young woman into using hers for us and we paid her in Euro..........so on to
Toulouse to scout out the hotel and the airport.  We had to know where to
take the car and turn it in as Europe Car is closed until 7am and our flight
was at 6:40.....Pat was a jewel driving all the time but she just about lost
it on our rounds around that airport and the finding of the hotel. By the
way, Ellie, we don't recommend that hotel........look for another when you
want to stay for early flights. They didn't honor the amount for the rooms
and the restaurant/bar wasn't open..........and boy did we need one about
that time.
We finally decided that Suzanne and I would stay with our bags at the
airport that morning at 4:30am while Kay and Pat checked in with theirs (let me tell you
we were worried when it seemed like the airport swallowed them up and there
we were waiting out front and couldn't leave the car unattended near the
door)......then Kaye and Pat took the car over to leave it in it's slot and
drop the keys........while Suzanne and I went to check in........we barely
made in and Pat had to leave the papers and key on the desk as there was no
SLOT to leave it in. So that's a little unfinished business to check on as
we didn't get to fill the gas tank again and drop the key off
properly......not mentioning the unmentionable scratch........
We had an absolutely fabulous time and I'm so glad we went.........glad to
be home, too though........

Cheryl

Replies: 9 Comments.

on Tuesday, September 21st, ellie Clemens said

Oh, Cheryl, I'm sorry you had such a bad time getting to the airport.
And the gasoline story is one of the "Yeah, I wish I had mentioned that"
things. Even gas stations that say 7/7 on their sign are usually not
open on Sunday. I have no idea just what 7/7 is supposed to mean. Maybe
they're open for one hour, or 5 minutes, on Sunday, if the moon is in
the right phase.

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