Landlord's visit

This is the bummer about renting. You have to agree to have the agency and sometimes the landlord come for a yearly visit. So you run around cleaning and trying to do some damage control. But as a tenant it is also an opportunity to point out things that don't work, like, for example, how the downstairs toilet keeps running for ever after you flush it. Oh, this reminds me of a photo I wanted to show you.

I took this photo when driving back to Grenoble after having spent the week-end in Villard de Lans with friends. The place is called Pont en Royans and it is quite spectacular how the houses are perched right on the river. Also note the little brown contraption hanging under one of the houses - French plumbing at its finest!

While I am on the subject of toilets, I would also like to mention that if you ever drive through the Gorges de la Bourne, there is a very obvious lack of toilets, and even very few places to stop to take photographs. This photo I took from one of the few photo places where you can stop.

Some time before we went to Australia, I think it was in 2007, the Gorges de la Bourne were closed after the rock collapsed and a man and his son were trapped in their car and killed. I was thinking of that the whole time driving through, and I was very happy to get out at the end.

Time to go and deal with the agent. Wish me luck! I know "There is no such thing as luck" according to Star Wars, but still.