alps it is then

Well, the family got back to me and I'm all set to head off to Bourg Saint Maurice for the 10th December. I finished work 2 days ago and now have all the bits and pieces to do before I leave. The main thing of course is to get the travel booked. 

By the law of Sod, the direct train doesn't start running until 10 days after I need to arrive. I am going to have to take a train to Paris and then either another 2 trains after that, or I will hire a car from Paris. I'm very tempted to hire a car and take the long drive down. I should think it will be quite beautiful. 

Of course, now that it comes to booking the tickets, I'm fannying around on my blog as opposed to just getting on with it. So, I'm going to finish her and get those tickets booked. 

here we go

Today is the beginning of my last week at work. I have piles of papers on my desk, piles of files on my computer and only a smidgen of time. I think come tomorrow I'll kick start my clearing of everything and filing away all the work I've done in the past 3 years. 

And on my progress in getting to France. Last week it all went a little topsy turvy. I was about to book my plane and train tickets and then received and email from the aupair website. Having not heard back from a stables that was going to phone me and then didn't, I'd given up on the idea of finding an aupair position as interesting so stopped looking. Anyway, I received the email and thought, hey I might as well have a look. The family that has expressed interest lives in a village in the alps right next to a large ski resort. So yes, should they finally manage to phone me and all goes well, I shall actually be in Bourg-St-Maurice for 4-5 before I head to Aix.

I'm trying desperately not to get my hopes up as life has a habit of kicking me in the teeth when I do that, I'm trying instead to be quietly confident.