...the Long Beach taxi company that we planned to use to get to the airport, which seemed to have disappeared under a torrent of bad reviews;
...an enormous plane full of crying babies and people who enjoy staying up all night talking loudly (apparently to no one in particular);
...a complete lack of sleep on the plane;
...inordinate waits for luggage and a rental car;
...the risk of not having enough euros to pay the tolls to get to Normandy.
We were greeted at the farm B&B in Normandy with tea and ideas of fun places to go. We’ll spend the next few days there. Whew. Too tired to go out for dinner. So we had a pique-nique. Yes, we’re in France now. The wine is cheap and good. Time to relax.