After showing them around he surprised them by saying he had decided he didn't need a desposit from them as he trusted them and wouldn't be around on the Thursday when they checked out anyway. They recognised this as another little bit of help coming their way and were able to use that cash now for groceries for the week.
The apartment itself was great, with everything they needed, but at this stage they would have felt grateful for pretty much any apartment. The fact it had a PC with internet, was close to the Europe area they had been in, and had all amenities close by was amazing. Still they were faced with returning to Edinburgh on the Thursday if money didn't arrive from somewhere.
They weren't even sure where they'd go after this if it did come. Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands seemed the most likely destinations, although they had no reason to go to any of them.
The weather responded to their movements too. The previous 2 weeks in Paris it had remained dry, while they were in hotels and out for much of the day. The day they moved into the apartment it began raining heavily and did so for most of the days they were there. They had seen most of Paris anyway and didn't need to go too far.
Instead a lot of time was spent utilising the free internet and writing emails.
During this time help now came in the form of Will & Georgie, who kindly stepped in and provided new funds for them to remain in Europe. Dave & Kate had been more more confident it would come this time than the previous week but they didn't know from where. They felt blessed yet again still not really knowing what the hell was going on.
