Saturday, September 17, 2011

plus ca change........

you arrive at car hire desk.....

plus ca change - You spent half hour filling out details required when you booked it on internet but at desk they know nothing but your name

plus ca change - They dont have the car you ordered (for me thats quite good, i order the most basic car and this instance get upgraded to bmw one series automatic)

plus ca change - You get the hard sell on optional insurance

plus ca change - There is something in the car you dont understand. this time the sat nav. within two minutes i have changed to english, entered destination and off i go. first major junction its suggests a different route to the one i normally take. but this has been designed by the finesr german brains, i have to go with its suggestion. well, an extra half hour on the drive, having seen parts of marseilles that i have never seen before, i eventually work it out. the previous skinflint had set it to avoid toll roads

back for a while

its about 12 months since i took 3 months off, so in south of france for a week i thought i might add a few entries - well at least one. they will be short, gramatically incorrect in most instances and probably make little sense as i am entering on tablet which is new experience.

i am in six four les plages in apartment i bought a couple of years under leaseback scheme. these are popular in france and encouraged by french govt. i get to spend two weeks here and get rent from the operator - lagrange- for the rest of the time. lease is for 10 years after that i can renew, sell or let myself. of course after 10 years of hefty bonuses.......now i did say some of this might not make sense