April 20 (or 4-20 day), Lyon to Orléans

It was a very windy, rainy cold day at Lyon and it seemed even colder at the airport where we met Renault to pick up our car.  Due to a lost in translation thing, between my broken French and the Renault guy's broken English, both the shuttle driver and we ended up waiting about 50 metres away from each other in clear sight not knowing who was who.  At least he got to wait in a warm vehicle though.  He evidently was pissed since he made no attempt to help with bags and was quite short with us.  I don't think I've ever been treated quite as rudely.

But we did end up getting our car - we own it, we bought it (temporarily) - it gets returned to Renault on June 27.  It's a Dacia Duster 4x4.  Here is our car:

We drove through a lot of rain on the Péage (toll highways), but as we approached Orléans the weather cleared up to sun, but still a bit chilly.  After picking up groceries and such at a Super U on the way off the Péage, we arrived at our chateau (well, apartment in the chateau).  It is in the town of Checy, next to the community of Boigny-sur-Bionne, about 10 km east of the centre of Orléans.  Here's a shot of the chateau, which if you look closely at the top row of windows, second from the right, you'll see Cindy reading a book.  That window is to the living room.  The next window to the left is the kitchen and the central windows are to our bedroom.  

 

 

Here's the view from that window.

Even if you are not a geocacher type, I recommend putting these coordinates in Google Earth to see the chateau and its setting.  (47°55'7.2"N, 2°01'10.9"E)