quelques secondes en retard.....

what would you do if you missed a train? and this particular train was supposed to take you two hours north where you had to catch an airplane to a different continent?!

this is what i did tonight....
holly and i walked onto the platform as the train was pulling away. $&*#@! naturally, i ran toward the train going in the other direction. of course i thought we could go an hour south to le mans and catch a fast train to paris. turns out, there were no more trains going to paris tonight. so we got off at the next stop. at this point, holly and i were no longer in nogent and there were no more trains in either direction. the perfect storm. not to worry. i called nicolas and he agreed to come pick us up and take us to chartres to try to catch the last train. by the time he got to taille rouge we all realized there was no way we would catch it.... &@#$! again. being the great man that he is, though, he offered to pick us up at 3am and take us all the way to the airport in paris. this way, we won't miss our plane to egypt. good man.

the thing about french people is that, although they are reserved at first, once they call someone their friend, they mean it. they will die for their friends. or rescue them from emergencies such as this.

everything always works out....