and don’t sweat the boss thing. If it could create tension by asking for some alone time, don’t worry, it will most likely happen naturally.
Yeah, I am seeing the boss thing as a challenge now - over the years he has never embraced travel and I am hoping to change his view.
FWIW, I rarely get jealous of my friends travels.
sounds like an egg
yeh that’s the only reason people travel, look at blakey, always sending me pics of huge pipes and dense jungles. bastard.
Oh man I hope this is a euphemism.
good lord.
Anyway, plans at this stage - only a couple of days at each place:
Paris to Chamonix
Chamonix to Lyon
Lyon to Strasbourg
Strasbourg to Paris
just tell him that if he cbf planning his own travel or coming up with things to do, he doesn’t have any say in the when and where of it.
or book him into daycare like the child he is.
or a contiki tour.
here’s some of that steamy dense jungle
I ended up marrying my European travel partner, Ezy. So you never know what might happen.
I didn’t know you and Ezy were married. Congratz P!NZY…
Long distance relationships CAN work.
Technically just a commitment ceremony, y’know, 'Straya.
blakey dropping some brutal truth bombs.
Here’s something to help him out a little
Your mum, who spent years studying the family’s genealogy, just found the existence of a cousin thrice removed - originally from Macedonia, she migrated to Greece as a young girl, just at the end of WW2. She remarried with a French man in the 90s and moved there. Now your mum, who never met the cousin, invested you with the important mission of meeting her, and ask some questions about that branch of the family. However, her French husband is a pretty difficult old dude (duh) who will not allow English-speaking people in his house. He’s making an exception because you’re bringing some kangaroo sausage and he’d like to try it out - ol mate can’t say no to a bit of exotic charcuterie. And they leave in the shitty outskirts of Lyon, where disengaged youths riot every second week and burn cars for a pastime.
Tl;dr Boss man can’t come, sorry, got some family business to run, and could be dangerous.
Haha, nice one Seb. As a matter of fact - my dad will be over in Poland trying to trace down our family history while i am over there. But yeah, I don’t get along too well with him.
Hopefully they let me in with the Kangaroo sausage though.
See Small Joys Thread… situation has changed. I will be in France two weeks later now which means i will have some time off during the Tour de France, whilst I don’t have a strong urge to see a stage - it would be good to know if the festivities or general awareness of the race is carried through to other cities. For those who have been over there during the race, do you know if it is likely to go somewhere and have the race on a big screen somewhere?
Does this seem too full on?
Travel: Cherbourg to Paris to Chamonix (1 Day of full travel - 10hrs)
Chamonix 2 nights
Travel: Chamonix to Lyon (3.5 hours on bus)
Lyon 2 nights
Travel: Lyon to Strasbourg (4 hours on train)
Strasbourg 2 nights
Strasbourg to Paris (3.5 hours on train)
Paris 2 nights
Other option is to see my best mate in Belgium - he is working in Mechelen which is a 20min train ride from Brussels and Antwerp. Could hit up those cities and then head over to Bruges before training back to Paris.
Positives: I get to see my mate (only after work hours)
Negatives: I don’t get to see big mountains around Chamonix
Is your boss still tagging along with you?