Today is the 4.5 hour drive back to Paris. No Loire Valley (as much as we loved it) because it added 4 hours to the trip down (2 hours visit, 1 hour driving, separate hour stop for lunch), and Marcelle was totally melting down and wanting dinner when we rolled into Longeville at 8 pm-ish. So we decided today our best bet is:
- Get on the road ASAP.
- Power through to Paris.
- Plan a midway stop which is also lunch and a place where the kids can run around while we eat. Feed the kids first, the let them run.
- this prevents us from driving into Paris during evening rush hour traffic.
- Run the kids around at the hotel or elsewhere to burn off energy before tomorrow.
In Paris, G drops us at the airport
Hotel, then drops the rental car at the airport, then takes the hotel shuttle back to the airport.
We take off tomorrow at 11 am, which means we have to be to the airport by 9. It also means that the kids are going to be awake the entire time, other than their naps. I have no idea how we're going to survive this flight. I'm sure booze & Benedryl will be involved.