Getting There

Allo, Bonjour!

We left Charlottetown last Sunday and had an eventful flight to Montreal. It was a near catastrophe as Katie threw up her rocket chips. We got into Montreal, had a quick sponge bath and we were off to France. The second flight was much more enjoyable but when we landed we were in for quite a workout. To make it to Montbeliard (Our final destination) we had to first figure out the trains and then figure out how to pull, drag and squeeze our luggage onto and off of the train. Actually Mary Elizabeth destroyed one of the ticket gates because she couldn't get sumo bag through the doors.

On our first subway there was a guy who passed out a piece of paper saying that he was deaf and showed us trinkets he had for sale if we wanted to buy them. And then there was a guy who strutted through with an amp and busted out some sweet tunes like our fav, La Bamba. Then he went asking for money. Anyways we arrived in Montbeliard and tried calling our contacts. Mary Elizabeth's showed up within 30 minutes and welcomed us with the tradtional double kiss. That may have not been the best way to greet us becuase we had been travelling for many hours (And someone had barfed...down her shirt...yum).

Nadine took us to our home away from home. We are staying at a residence at a lycee for 53 euros a month, BALLIN! Luckily we are right next door to eachother. We got ready to go to sleep in our bed straight out of the 70's. Katie got all snuggled in and heard a crack and BOOM she was on the floor. Basically what happened was her mattress fell right through the box spring. And as our German roomate put it, it was Kaput! So she spent the first night sleeping on the floor.