What a day yesterday!
Yesterday was meant to be an enjoyable day… We went to Lyon, H, Dad and I, to spend the morning and lunchtime there…
H. and I had a nice shopping time and walk (well… we did not buy much at all… but it was nice to walk in the warm weather)… We went to the mall, then walked to a music shop, stopped by the bank of the river to watch ducks swimming…
We were meeting Dad in front of the Lyon Opera at around 12… so we had time to get into the Opera to see what shows were scheduled…
I could not resist buying two tickets to go and see A Midsummernight’s Dream in April (click here). I love Shakespeare’s play, it is great, the movie by Michael Hoffman is really interesting too (click here)… so I had to give in to the appeal of the fairy-world…
I can’t wait to be there, even though we could not really buy the more expensive seats, and that we will probably not be able to see the whole stage…
After that, Dad arrived and we went into a typical Bouchon Lyonnais (little Lyon restaurant) and had a nice meal.
After our meal, we came back home and that’s when the day transformed into a shitty day!
After a couple of minutes at home, we realized that we had been broken into… toll of the robbery:
$ 2000 - gone
my engagement ring – gone
my 20th-birthday ring in white gold, sapphire and diamonds offered by dad and by late mum– gone
a necklace and golden earrings, keepsakes of my late grandmother – gone
a beautiful long jade pendant from New-Zealand – gone
an ancient fob watch that belonged to H and had been offered to him by my dad – gone
a whole and brand new bottle of expensive perfume that had been given to me by Suzanne - gone
… After a while, we saw a suspect car parking not too far from the house, in our neighbours’ driveway (, who were not waiting for anybody, by the way)…. They left as soon as they saw us… I’m almost sure that they were coming back for our equipment!!!
And I’m expecting them to come back again when they get the opportunity.
My dad had the quick and appropriate reaction to get into his car, catch up with them discreetly (they kept on behaving strangely, stopping by another house and checking it) and write down the number of their license plate, which we communicated to the police… I’m hoping those were indeed the thieves and that something will be done about it!
Another consequence… I did not sleep much… H did not either… and I could not work as I had planned… so now I have a lot of work to catch up with… It implies huge amounts of work to be done for the coming 3 weeks at least!!! I’m pissed!
Anyway… no more days like that ever again!
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I'm so sorry to hear about all the things of sentimental value that you lost. It's good that your dad was able to get the plate number of a suspect...sometimes you just have an instinct. I'm sure yours wasn't the only house that was targeted. It has happened to me twice (once my apartment broken into and nothing stolen, another time my car was stolen) and I can sympathize. Stay safe!