Wow what a thunder storm last night, so glad we weren't travelling then. Our flight home is at 11:30 so lots of time to get out and moving this morning. We have decided to do public transit, there is a direct bus you can take, but crazy prices, and one more adventure is always fun. A new metro line is being worked on so there is no direct line to the airport, so tram and bus it is for us. We looked at schedules online and even though it is Sunday it looks like trams and buses are frequent. It actually turned out to be very easy, made even easier as there were not work commuters on the tram or bus, I imagine it would be a little crazy on a weekday. There were 5 or 6 people doing the same thing as us, but most of them had very large suitcases, glad that wasn't us.
We ask at the counter if we could check-in our carry-on luggage for free and they said yes. Time to kill at Toulouse airport, Andre picked up 2 bottles of rum that we will leave with the Bowlers in Montreal and hope that one is left next time we come to visit. Uneventful flight to Montreal, we had picked leaving from Toulouse as Air Canada now has a direct flight to Montreal, it was great not to have to go to another airport to connect in Europe somewhere. Bad thing is that we have a 7 hour layover, good thing is we get another visit with the Bowlers and they all made it!
Landed in Montreal and Jill and Robin picked us up to all meet at Craig's for a visit. Jill came through with a shortbread cookie and peanut butter cookie stash for us to bring home, and everyone tried the madeleines. We all went for a walk through Westmount area, the brick reminded us of Toulouse! A visit to the conservatory, saw lots of people out playing pickleball in the park. Finished off with us all going to Moe's for supper, another fun time all being together. These long layovers suck, but when we get this great visit in it is so worth it!
Flight home uneventful again, lots of legroom, I didn't remember getting exit aisle seats, but we did and tons of room. Car is at the airport waiting for us thanks to Marc and Mary-Sue, plus arrived home to a start of groceries, what a nice treat. Now we just need to wait until it warms up a bit and we see some sunshine to get some golf in, in the mean time lots of time to plan next trips!
Total km walked for Nice 347
Total km walked for Avignon 308
Total km walked for Lyon 80
Total km walked for Bordeaux 81
Total km walked for Toulouse 80
Total km walked for France 896
On our 1/2 km walk to the Palais de Justice tram stop.
Love seeing these old building still in good shape
The end of a great vacation.