A Departure and an Arrival 9-22-15

Well our visit with Pat and Barb ended today and we took them to the airport.  It was a first visit to Europe for each of them and we hope that it whetted their appetite for more visits in the future.  We took them to the airport around 7:30 this morning and got them safely to their gate.
We then headed back to the apartment and took a little breakfast before going to do our marketing for the next few days.  It was rainy off and on all day but not cold so that was pleasant.  We just caught up on things around the apartment and getting ready for our pending trips.
In the evening we got an email letting us know that our friends Mel and Marlyne Preusser had arrived in Paris and were at their hotel.  We will be hosting them Thursday night for a light dinner and then meeting them Friday to spend part of the day touring.  Next week we will go down to a small hamlet called Issept to stay with them for a few days before continuing down to visit our friends Julia and Jose in Arles for a short visit.  We also want to go to Martigues, which is near Marseille, as it was a town that John Thompson visited when he was studying art in France during the first decade of the 20th century.
So we have an action packed next couple of weeks on the calendar.