Our guests had a long flight from Lyon to Munich to Charlotte to New Orleans. They left Lyon around 1 am our time and arrived about 6:30 pm.
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| There was a bit of a humbug at the airport as Lloyd and I waited at the wrong gate. We're glad Bernard snapped this photo of their arrival. |
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| This photo was taken on the ferry. What better way to introduce visitors to New Orleans than a ride on the ferry, especially when they will be living in Algiers, only a few blocks from the ferry landing. |
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| This photo, taken by Bernard, speaks for itself. |
At the house, we kept them awake with a light repast. Lloyd and I had stocked their kitchen with some food, and tired as they were, we all sat down for a little fried chicken and potato salad while we exercised our fractured French and not-quite-ready-for-prime-time English. It worked. Among the five of us, a least one can come up with the word or phrase required.
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We were hesitant about offering wine, so Lloyd opted for
Dixie beer as their introduction to regional beverages. |
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| Kathie is digging in her satchel for an important piece of paper: the tentative agenda for the visit. Romain looks as if he's completed an 18-hour trip and wishes to go to bed! |
Our visitors pretty much left the planning of their visit up to us but for a request to see alligators and hear lots of music. They'd seen a program on French TV about the Louisiana swamps and were intrigued. Romain is studying music.
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| As you'll see in future posts, this schedule underwent several revisions. |
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