Our 60 Day Road Trip Begins

Our Peugeot Pick-up

After the experience we had of lugging our luggage through the Paris Metro, we grabbed a taxi to take us to the Peugeot Dealership to pick up our brand-new car. It was a very positive experience as we checked in with the receptionist and were welcomed by our personal representative. We sat down at her desk and went over the details of the contract, insurance and the car itself. We have a very compact and responsive silver Peugeot 207 turbo diesel hatchback. The only weird thing is the red “tourist” plates that are on the car. Normally European license plates are either white or yellow. You really stand out and I asked our representative if this does not make us a bit of a target. She said yes and that we need to make sure not to leave anything in the car. However, she said the biggest risk we face is to ensure we only fill the car with diesel and not regular gasoline. Apparently, this happens on occasion and the car engine is completely ruined. The bad news is that the insurance does not cover this. Rita has been repeating Diesel, Diesel, Diesel to me for hours now.
Headed out of Paris to Bayeux in Normandy, this is normally about a 3 hour drive. It took us 4 hours, thanks to our Tom Tom GPS system. For some reason it sent us through several towns instead of staying on the freeway. I think I programmed it wrong!!! We will be checking Tom Tom out tomorrow. Our farm house is about 10 km outside of Bayeux just outside a small village called Juaye- Mondaye. The directions we were given told us we would pass the “Abbey on the left, turn left at the War Memorial, go down the hill and past 3 poplar trees. The house is just past the trees on the left…” There it was. Amazing, why do we need Tom Tom’s when we have directions like this?

Bayeux Farmhouse

Farmhouse bedroom

The farmhouse is wonderful and very spacious and has a large apple orchard. The owners have left us a basket of goodies to get us started and they have a wine rack with the prices on the bottles and a cash box for you to put your money into, very civilized. Tomorrow we will go to Bayeux to explore the town and take in the Saturday market and get some fresh fruits and veggies.


Au Revoir….Geoff & Rita