We got there about 11:00 deposited the luggage and headed across the road to the shopping mall. Seph was starving so we thought we would get an early lunch / late breakfast. After wandering for a while the best option seemed to be “Pizza Pai” a bit like Pizza Hut, it was fairly full too at 11:30 in the morning. Sitting there we decided that we should catch an earlier train home as there was really nothing else we wanted to do in Lyon. After lunch, 12:30 I left to go and see about changing train to 12:49. On the way out there was a queue waiting for tables in the restaurant – surprising as normally the French eat later and why was it so popular?
I had to wait in a queue at the Garre to change my ticket -it was now 12:40 and we weren’t sure if we could change yet. Nev also had to race to the other side of the Gare and get the luggage but didn’t want to go in case we didn’t get on and then would have to pay for our luggage again. Made it to the front 12:44 and she said we could get on, Nev and Hermione ran to get luggage we waited for new tickets to get printed….12:45. 4 minutes to find the platform and get on…. Our luck the platform was the furthest away. Run…. No escalator to get suitcases up…lift them up the stairs…. Guard standing there to tell us ‘vite’ just stepped on and the whistle blew and train left! A bit close for comfort really!
Got on and found some seats then remembered…did not composte our tickets! A big fine in store for us! If we had stopped to do this though we would have missed the train!
Sitting there trying to decide how to handle this with the guard and thinking of the best possible scenario when he appeared. I was just plain honest right up front and he was a ‘good’ guy and let us off! The other conductor guard didn’t look as nice so maybe we were lucky.
As the train got closer to Besancon what was all around….SNOW!!!! We stepped off the train into fresh snow and it was still snowing. Seph had to change her shoes in the Gare as she only had slip ons on. We trudged through the snow getting wet feet within seconds, building up a snow bank with the suitcase behind us towards the bus stop.
What a welcome home!
Nev dived onto the computer first to see all the emails – inbox 39! WOW!!! Sadly only 2 were of importance from our friends! However he did read quickly in the news that Otago ‘thrashed’ Canterbury – Way to Go !!!! I bet Russell has been a pack of misery. I think that makes 3 in a row….oh dear!
Nev braved the weather to get food supplies and the girls and I unpacked. 3 loads of washing later we sat down for tea.
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