COUNTDOWN - DAY 3

It's now Wednesday.  We've checked into Le Derby Alma Hotel for the next two nights til we leave.  Again, it only seems appropriate to end our visit here as we stayed here a few days on our arrival 20 months ago.

After a morning (again!!) of getting our things together (which we accomplished, finally!!!), we met our friend and pastor, Scott Herr, for lunch.  We've not had a chance to visit with him very much since our decision to return to the US.  His wife, Kim, is on a pilgrimage til the middle of November so we said our goodbyes to her before she left earlier in October.  He's been a wonderful friend and pastor to us during our time at ACP and has made our time at ACP more meaningful than I'd imagined.  He gave us a little book on the history of The American Church which we are anxious to read.

Lunch lasted til 3:00 and on the way home, we strolled down streets that have become so familiar to us these months.  It's funny how someplace that once seemed so unknown has become so well known.  We got to our corner where we bought our geraniums right after we moved in and where David has gone to the boulangerie every morning (and sometimes lunch!!) for morning pastries.  Unknown to well known. we were meeting Madame Acher at the apartment at 5:00 so we dragged (at least that's what it felt like to me) our bags to the hotel (luckily close) and met her.  She has been a charming landlady and such a blessing to rent from.  We're thrilled she was able to rent our apartment so quickly.
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I'll always remember turning this corner for the first time!

The white canopy is the florist, the purple canopy our boulangerie and the red canopy in the middle the new cafe, Linette's, where we've enjoyed lunch.

We were meeting Madame Acher at the apartment at 5:00 so we dragged (at least that's what it felt like to me) our bags to the hotel (luckily close) and met her.  She has been a charming landlady and such a blessing to rent from.  We're thrilled she was able to rent our apartment so quickly.

David and Madame Acher

The bed is stripped, the sheets and towels are washed and I think things are pretty ready for the new tenants. There are many things they're not interested in and Madame Acher, our owner, and Madame Orozco, our gardienne,  have arranged for Madame Orozco to take anything she wants.  That's fine with us as we love Madame Orozco.  She's going to take some of our flowers too, I think.  Several of our fabulous looking geraniums will become hers.

Ready for new tenants

We are so proud of our geraniums!  They look fabulous!

We grabbed a little quiche from our regular boulangerie on the way back to the hotel and finished our evening relaxing.  Tomorrow we clean and stroll once last time around this beautiful city where our dream came true....