We Arrived in Bonneville France!

 After two long days of travel we arrived at our house exchange in Bonneville, France!  Here is the view from our large deck:

Planes trains and automobiles!  We left Sonya's place around 9:30am on Wednesday and took a taxi to the airport.  We flew from Victoria to Toronto, and since out flight was delayed about a half hour we had to race from one gate to another to make our second flight to Zurich.  As we were lining up to board they were announcing final call.  We had a long layover in Zurich where we enjoyed a $10 latte and then sat in the plane for over an hour waiting for the paperwork.  Eventually we made it to Geneva where we puzzled over the train system for awhile and eventually figured out the three trains to Bonneville (one from the airport to Geneva downtown, one to Annemasse just over the border in France, and then the third to Bonneville).  We were greeted at the station by our new neighbour Claire who drove us to our new home.

We did a wander around town to pick up some staples and stretch our legs - we visited the Maison de Fromage and the local grocery store where Sonya was floored by the variety of tomatoes!  I was floored by the variety of beer and cider.

Our house here is lovely although we were puzzled by how to lock the doors.  Clair told us to "Just pull up the stuff up and turn off the lock" (we figure she is using google translate) and after a couple of drinks of French beer and sparkling wine Sonya figured it out.

We had a nice meal of cheese, pate and a baguette and hit the sack!