Spag Bol, Eiffel Tower, Lightening show

Thursday 28th June

We were hoping that Mamie was going to be let out of hospital today (so was she), but she's being kept in...  Not only that, but this morning she was taken back down to the emergency departement - due to lack of equipment apparently?...  Thomas goes to see her in A&E, but with Elina not being allowed in I stay at the house & wait for news....  luckily she's put back into her original ward and we're able to go and see her, looking a whole lot better and less stressed, at the end of the afternoon before hitting the road and starting the long journey back to the mountains....   

Papi fancied Spag bol for lunch and went to hunt out a jar ?......   I stopped him in his tracks and got down to making a whole batch of Becca style bolognaise sauce...  The result was yummy, and the guys seemed to enjoy eating it...  

It doesn't take long for Elina to nod off in the back of the car, and the journey starts smoothly...  I spot a couple of signs telling us that one of the exits around Paris is closed....  We check on our GPS and decide that it's after we will have already left the ring road...   WRONG !!!   We end up at a stand still in a whole load of traffic at midnight, cars driving down the emergency lane, motorbikes weaving in and out of the cars etc etc, for 1 & 1/2 hours...  Good job it was Thomas's turn to drive...  Elina was chilled and slept through it :) ...   We followed the diversions and our frustration quickly dissipated when we realised that we had a really good view of the Eiffel Tower...  Well worth the detour ......

Finally out of Paris, a quick Coffee stop & it's my turn to drive.  Thomas falls asleep next to me as I have a front row VIP amazing lightening show....  No rain, just some crazy fork lightening, and some fab cloud displays...