Howdy from the beach in France! Well, at least from as close to the beach as Mrs J can get and still be online with her computer.

This time Mrs J schlepped her way across Europe (four countries takes a while, y’all) using a budget airline. Which shall remain nameless. Let’s call it Paddy Planes.

This is the way it went in a nutshell.

Car. Quite a bit of car. Thank you Mr J!

Very boring airport.

Quite a lot of it.

Whoever said travel was sexy clearly never travelled budget. But Mrs J did get both on the plane and off the plane safely and at the desired destination. Which is all you can ask for at that price, really.

Then we mix it up with a bit of waiting-at-busstop. Surely you’re riveted and positively glued to the screen by now. Mrs J certainly was excited at this point.

The bus ride was actually more fun than all the rest of the journey combined. The bus driver was a hoot. About 1.50 tall with a motormouth that mangled 4 languages at speed. Mrs J is kicking herself for not getting a picture!

And as usual, a big sigh of relief and contentment when finally there.

There would have been a palm tree in this picture, but it had recently been disposed of.

Plenty more around though!

So, one more schlepp done. Mrs J is happy to be here. There will be more to come from her stay in the south once she gets her feet properly on the ground.

In the meantime to all fellow travelers – Bon Voyage!