Our first crisis . . . and some rest

Up much of the night with leg cramps. Drank bottles of water and got very little sleep. I think we overdid it on the walking yesterday. Started the day discovering Ed’s flash drive with all our financial information and his passwords is missing. We tore the apartment apart and couldn’t find it so we spent the morning changing all his passwords. There are better ways to spend a morning. (Addendum: We found the flash drive at home in his trouser pocket. He didn't pack those trousers.)

That done, we walked up to Le Languedoc for lunch and got their daily special. We both chose the chicken and mine was huge but very good; Ed’s also large but not as good. Wine was included which was nice. A single man sat next to us and engaged us in conversation. His English was excellent but he didn’t know when to stop. He rambled on until we finally had to beg a prior appointment to leave. He wanted to meet us later in the week so we said we might see him. Probably not . . . Le Languedoc Bistro web site

We walked to the local alimentation and it was closed so we continued to Franprix on rue Mouffetard to get supplies. After we put those away, we walked up to the hardware and bought a small waste can for the bathroom. No shower mat yet . . . This apartment had no waste can in the bathroom and the shower mat was covered with mold. I hosed off as much mold as I could but it was still most unpleasant so I dried it and rolled it up for storage. We did email the owner about this. She’s obviously paying her cleaning crew too much for what they do.

We checked maps and times and finally walked up to the Gobelins Tapestry Manufacture to see if there was more information on their door than on their web site. They were closed on Monday so no people to ask either. We really want a tour and they are only by reservation except the web site isn't very clear on how they are handled. There wasn’t any help at the closed factory so we walked back to our apartment and prepared our French picnic. Bread is so good here! Gobelins Tapestry Manufacture web site

Hopefully we’ll sleep better tonight.