Première jour

Victoria -> Vancouver-> Heathrow-> Lyon

I have successfully landed in Lyon but not without some minor speedbumps

1. Don't let anyone tell you that buying a ticket from an agency is easier and quicker. My agent didn't get the memo about the new baggage allowance for bristish Airways (or it was buried in the mess she called a desk) m so i had to pay 80 dollars for one of my bags. On the plus side to that, if I had been flying with AircanadaI would have had to pay 250 dollars..

2. thankyou to whoever told me to make sure I had ample time at the heathrow airport. five hours was just about right. For 2 oclock on a wednesday it was flipping packed! My carry on was a bit too much for their scanners, I got the bonus check, of pulling out all my belongings in front of a bitter old woman (plus side again- she had the most intriguing accent...) A forgotten bottle of eyeglass cleaner was the culprit, which she let me keep even though it was over 100ml. What is the point of rules if they don't enforce them?( This also means that i could have kept my perfume mom!)

3. At french customs, they didn't even stamp my passport or look at my visa! Darn visa was so hard to get I wanted to use it!

Jean-michael picked me up in Lyon and we drove to Gresse en vercors. This trip turned out to be two plus hours, because of all the SNOW. He thought it was very funny, my reaction when leaving the airport and heading outside. A good foot of snow at the airport and another foot at their house. He found it equally amusing when i told him that vancouver had virtually no snow and brought it up during the slow points of conversation.
"So," he would say. "you are from vancouver, in Canada hosting the Winter olympics and no snow ? " Following with a very long chuckle.

We arrived at their house at quarter to one in the morning , Laurence was up to say hi and then went to bed, and I was fed a giant cheese wheel with toasted bread.

The following morning I met Emma, and was shown around the town ( i hesitate to say town, there arn't even street name. "l'eglise" ( church) is on everyones address and then their name, everyone has the same number as well) I now have a snowboard and pass to the mountain, which i can walk too- and know that it is two kisses starting on the left!

My sleeping patterns are still a bit messed up. I played on the computer at about 3 this morning- then went to bed and missed everyone leaving. They did leave a very confusing note and I am not sure whether i am suposed to pick emma and her friend up from school, or if they will come here, I will pick them up just in case.