The September Work Trip!

I'm starting to get very excited about the work trip. It's only 70 days away and everything is arranged! 4 guys for one whole week! Even working just 4-5 hours a day stil winds up being over 100 man-hours of work put in, which is a lot.

Some details.

1. We're in the south of France, so Barcelona is actually the closest single-stop airport, Not Paris-CDG or Geneva-Cointrin. I use Kayak for my ticket needs. It allows you to better plan for the lowest rate. this time I got round trip, non-stop flights NYC-BAR for 282 dollars. That's total, not each way. By going mid-September I an still travelling in summer, but off peak.

2. I rented a car through Sixt, which seems to be trying to break into the US market and offered the best rates by far.

3. I rented a gite rural, which is essentially a standalone holiday home. This one comes with bbq grill, coffee machine, 4 beds, washer/dryer, full kitchen and petanque court. Its view is spectacular and it cost me a grand total of 50 euros a day. I found it through clevacances.

4. if you have an iphone get a translator app, there are a lot of good free ones, they all have french, and it could save your bacon if you have to say something like 'No, Officer, my friends are all blind drunk but I have stayed sober because your French country roads scare the shit out of me'*.

*Mais non, Monsieur Gendarme, mes amis sont tout des abat-jour ivres mais je suis resté sobre parce que vos routes de campagne françaises effrayent la merde hors de moi!

Now, some pix from the area we'll be travelling:

Conques


Estaing


Belcastel