Busy, stressful week for la bienheureuse, less busy, distressing week for me. La salariée was organising a meeting in Lyon Tuesday and Wednesday, flew off to Germany Wednesday evening for another meeting, then spent yesterday evening fleeing the ash. Her original flight direct from Düsseldorf to Lyon was canceled, probably because Air France decided not sending the outbound plane was a better option than risking it being stuck in Germany. Options for la bienheureuse and colleagues then were getting a train (risky because of an ongoing rail strike in France), driving (an 8 hour trip), or waiting to see whether the on/off flights to Paris would eventually go. Luck was on their side, because two Paris flights eventually went shortly before German airspace closed, and they got on the last flight from Paris to Lyon before CDG airport closed. In the end, she was home only 3 hours late.
As for me, I spent a dispiriting Wednesday evening in the pub, watching the red and white heros' luck and remaining season burn to ash. Roll on August...
