A week ago, on Friday 22nd August, we emptied our house in Brittany and made our way to Cognin, a small town on the outskirts of Chambéry. It was a long day.
The removal company came early, we cleaned the house and waited for an estate agent to come and make sure we hadn’t broken anything. We hoped to leave before 4 pm but finally were on our way at 4:45. We drove to Bourges that night, arriving very late.
On Saturday, we popped in to see a cousin of mine who lives near Bourges. Then, we made our way to Chambéry, via Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon. There was a bit of traffic, but we avoided the big traffic jams. We were about an hour from our destination when we saw some friends from Rennes at some motorway services. It was odd but just as well as I needed to speak to one of them anyway. They are with the GBUs, and were on their way to a camp near Grenoble.
We arrived at my mum’s exhausted and just in time to watch Guingamp-Marseille.
On Sunday, we went to church in Cognin. It is the church where I grew up. We surprised them by telling them we would live locally for a while. We had only told one person. The rest of the folks didn’t know. The rest of the day, we rested.
On Monday, we visited the flat and got our keys.
On Tuesday, we received our stuff. It took the best part of 3,5 hours to empty the lorry. We decided to go back to my mum’s for the rest of the day and following night.
On Wednesday, we started unpacking and slept in the flat. On Thursday, we went to the schools to register the children.
Today is Friday. We’ll unpack a bit more before heading to the mountains for the weekend.