DATE: Monday 31 July, 1995

PLACE: Luzern to France

WEATHER: Hot

A very Merry Go-Round

REMARKS: Breakfasts are getting tedious - rolls and croissants, and the kids hard to please.

Today is the 'long drive' - using the expressway (in Switzerland) and autoroute (in France). The aim is to get as close to Paris as possible so as to leave only a short drive into Paris tomorrow. The distance is about 540km, and at speeds of l30-l50kph it disappears fairly quickly.

However the heat and monotony makes for a long day, which the kids tolerate admirably.

I'm aiming for Fontainebleau - although I don't know why! We stumble into it at about 1530 and drive right past a glorious chateau! We stop, investigate, are impressed, Jayne and Charlotte ride a carousel dated 1900, and have a drink outside a cafe. Here I watch, intrigued as waiters from competing bars (we're in one of them) compete for customers from among passersby.

Bed for the night is a rather pricey hotel 5km away in the village of Thomery - with a pool, in which the girls delight. They deserve it.

We dine Italian in Fontainebleau.


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