If nothing else, today was interesting. Last night, we packed up a box of booklets and souvenirs into a box, and this morning we tried to find a post office. We felt there was no point in carrying all that paperwork as extra weight on the plane, in addition to lugging it around for another 5 weeks! Well, we soon changed our plans. The post office wanted to charge us over $130.00 to send the box back "surface" mail, and I'd already paid to purchase the books!!! Not much chance of that. So tonight, we've repacked our suitcases, and hopefully when we get to the airport in 5 weeks, the weight won't be too great.

I knew I should have packed lighter and brought another bag! When will I learn?

We arrived at our hotel in Ashford, just after 3:00 pm, then I drove the car to the rental place in Canterbury, took a train back to Ashford, and caught a taxi to the hotel. Tomorrow morning, we'll get a taxi to pick us up at 6:30 am to get to the train station for our 7:25 am ride to Paris! Here's hoping all goes well and we arrive safe and sound.