A year on

It's now just over a year since I last commented. The Brexit fiasco trundles on.

I gave up the idea of one final European trip for me and the family (they've never been); I had been planning a few days in Paris and then maybe train down to Geneva/Annecy area, with perhaps a visit into Germany and then finishing up at Nice.

My stamina is disappearing and I need to rest if I walk as much as 10 minutes. I'm not convinced I could handle all the flight changes, transfers, the 20 hour journey and all the rest of it from here and all that walking around airports to departure gates and waiting around.

But it occurred to me last night that, maybe, we could just do Nice. That can be done with just one change in both directions via Montreal. Nice airport is also small and I know you can just walk through the doors and take a bus or taxi and be where you need in 10-15 minutes.

And since there's less spending than flying to Paris and back from Nice plus the cost of things in between, I could spend more on a better Nice location than originally envisaged. Somewhere with a view over the sea. Maybe I could finally have some use for a passport renewed twice since last used and my Permanent Resident Card, also unused.

Fingers crossed.