Left for the airport for a 1:00 pm departure for...Salt Lake City. (Delta no longer has a direct flight to Los Angeles, the tickets were frequent flyer business class, so on to LA via Utah.) Our connection was canceled for mechanical reasons but they had a spare and we got to LA with time to spare. While at the Air France counter in LA we observed a French women "of a certain age" having a discussion withe a supervisor. It seems her traveling companion, a dachshund, was, in the words of the supervisor, "overweight". I think he meant over the weight allowed for dogs in the passenger cabin, but she took it to mean he was fat. Heated discussion occurred-"Overweight, nonsense, just look at him" etc. We had to leave the scene before the outcome was known.
Boarded the AF flight at 11:30 pm, got into the comfortable Business Class seats, had a glass of champagne, and slept until about 2 hours out of Paris CDG. As we were waiting for our bags I got paged by AF. They were concerned that our bags had not made it. As I was filling out the paperwork the bags were found. Bev was making a mental note of the missing items that would have to be hastily replaced and our good luck in having key items in the carry ons. We have never had this misfortune in all of our traveling and our record remains intact. We are now at the hotel and leave for Normandy tomorrow. Time for some wine and food.
Ron and Bev
PS As Ron was filling out the paperwork for the (not) missing bags Bev observed the French lady and her dachshund strolling through the arrival hall. AF rules are no match for an aggravated Frenchwomen of a certain age.
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Hey Guys, Great to hear from you. Happy that your luggage did not go missing. It is a pain. Look forward to more of your Blogging. Love, Patti
how fun is this!!! I feel like the vicarious arm chair traveler...especially with the 'Frenchwoman of a certain age' side story....I feel like I'm right there with you both. thanks for all the fun this is going to be! pass the champaign por favor! Luv Joanie
i realize that this was written some time ago, but i am sitting down to catch up on all your travel from the beginning.
i love the story about the french woman and can definitely say that i'm not surprised she got her way!
glad you had your bags, but i'm sure you would have made it an adventure even without them!
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