The Grocery and Apartment – Wednesday, June 5, 1991
David takes the high speed train to Leon, France, for the day. We decided to move out of the expensive hotel and into a temporary apartment in La Defense called Club Affairs. With David gone, I check out the hotel taking 2 pieces of luggage with me on the cart and off I go to the apartment.
The only problem is, as I exit the building, I know the general direction to go in but am not really sure, plus there are steps and people everywhere, so I head for David’s office. Yes, it’s the long way but I’m sure I can find it that way and hopefully find the ramps for my cart.
No such luck. After climbing 2 large stairways I arrive at Club Affairs. Nice people here. Back to the Sofitel for the last piece of luggage. This time I remember the straight way -toward the Grand Arch and back toward the arch de Triomphe and it proves easier.
Well, it’s grocery buying time. We now have a kitchen and utensils. David arrives home and off we go (walking, of course) to Auchan Hypermarche – a huge grocery, etc., store. Tons of people there. We see people with grocery carts and realize they are coming from a back room. David goes to get one and has to pay to use it.
Then there is the grocery line. You bag your groceries -quickly, while trying to watch that they charge you the right prices. You have to be fasts because the minute you pay, they are checking the next guy and you need to be gone!
Editor’s Notes
Image below is La Defense – Temporary Living in June 1991. Caption on the image reads: View from our temporary apartment
It looks like it was raining, of course.
