30 September and 1 October

After a long day on Tuesday, including some very heavy duty discussions with government representatives we finally called ita day at about 6.30 PM. The evening meal on Tuesday was at a gourmet restaurant with a true ' belle epoque' decor and atmosphere but food that I felt was only OK. The meeting went through all the second day and although it was hard at times we made good progress and completed our schedule. ...in time to catch the 5.20 PM train back to Paris . I had the very last seat in the train and although I had the row to myself the carriage did seem to move around a lot. The view from the back of the train behind my seat was different....
Shame about the dirty window in the door!

Back to Paris then the Metro out to the airport then a longer than advertised wait for the shuttle bud to the Radisson which I finally reached at 10 PM. More or less straight to bed for a good night's sleep with no trains!
Up early for a normal hotel buffet breakfast and then the Air France (Austrian?) flight back to Vienna AF were late, as usual in my expereince. "A l'heure" translates as "on time" in my dictionary but it is obvious that for AF this means" in the next hour or so". Anway by midday I was getting out of a taxi at the office and thinking about getting ready for the next trip - Krakow on Friday night.

The other issue from France was that I may have to go back to be there as a member of the team to present the final report to the Environment Minister as I shall be doing the English version of the summary...........Oh well, another day, another 10 euros I suppose.