Paris - Reunion - And who knows where next!

The last week has been a blur. This is a travel blog of sorts with a splash of 'life', with all its ups and downs!

A week last Monday, I left the sunny, but chilly island of Mallorca and flew to Paris to meet @osm0sis, where we would spend the night before flying to Reunion the following day.

_{Why is it when you don't book a seat, you get to check the wing stays attached?!}

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Paris

I arrived in Paris late Monday evening, and so we only had the next morning to take a quick trip to the tourist trap, Trocadero, a viewpoint of the magnificent Eiffel Tower.

_{Cue cheesy photos}

It's a lot like Blackpool Tower in the UK, the French made theirs a bit bigger though!

_{The tower shines a light at night!}

Mid-afternoon we boarded a brand new aeroplane to make the 11 hour flight to the Bourbon Island, now known as Reunion.

Personally, I didn't need this information regarding the planes maiden voyage with passengers - I'd have preferred it to have a few solid miles on the clock!

The plus side was that each seat contained a tablet of sorts which was, in fairness, a total lifesaver for me as I've learned that I cannot sleep on a plane for love nor money.

_{The films weren't so bad, but check out the on-board (outside) cameras - ace!}

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Reunion

We arrived very early Wednesday morning and went straight to sleep, only to be woken by strong winds and a good deal of rain. Apparently, parts of the south of the island were flooded but cyclone Bergitta was kind to us in the North and passed around lunch the next day.

This gave us some time to walk around the capital, St Denis, and find our bearings - museums, pubs, places to eat and other essential must knows.

_{Check out these guns!}

On Saturday, we visited the school which Sylvia was due to start at in a weeks time. We spent the day hoovering and then painting the huge classroom walls in sweltering heat - which, even after drinking 3/4 liters of water, still provided me with a killer headache.

Clearly I'm not used to a hard day's work any more - perhaps I never have been!

_{I'm bringin' sweaty back}

_{Actually, can we go for yellow instead?}

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Now it's time to explain some of life's unexpected twists.

Before confirming our trip, Sylvia was told the school would be ready and would contain about 15 students. Following our arrival, this number became 5/6, and our accommodation and the school was clearly not going to be complete.

Booking somewhere else to stay was not ideal, but a Montessori classroom with this number of children is just not the way Maria Montessori envisioned it.

If this information was given to us prior to departing, we would not have taken the trip.

_{When life gives you lemons - stick one on a fence}

So, after a day of deliberating, the decision was made to not take the role (and the 'accommodation' still without electricity and water!) and find another place to stay whilst we discussed our next move.

The current hotel is 'OK' for cheap and last minute, but we have a suitcase of smelly clothes (that's just my clothes!), and we lack a secure connection - this blog is brought to you by iPhone 3G 'Wireless hotspot'.

_{Cool. We can currently hear some sexual activities taking place! 2:30pm is good for some I guess!}

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So what's next then?

At this point we are planning to head west (where the beaches and sunsets are!) and relax whilst we decide what to do next.

Personally, I'm thinking we ditch the suitcases, buy a couple of rucksacks and disappear off to Asia, blogging our way to freedom. We shall see....

_{Just give me the palm trees already!}

This evening, we did finally make it to the beach. It felt good to finally get our feet on the sand.

_{Sun-down over the Indian ocean}

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I could well be delayed with the Stewards of Gondor post, and i'm not up to date with my utopian-io work. Sorry, I've not forgotten, I promise.

Thanks for reading my ramblings today, I wish you all a pleasant week. Hopefully, we'll have some more of the Island to show you soon.

Goodbye for now,

Asher and Sylvia - @abh12345 and @osm0sis