Jim actually took a day off from work (two in fact) to visit friends in the South of France - details on Monday when he gets back I'm sure. Needless to say that even though France is most enlightened about dogs and having them in public places - taking a Bichon Frise in a car ride for that amount of time would not have been good.
So, we actually got to dog sit for a couple of days - Fry was very good (no accidents in the house - at least none that we've found). no taking him for a daily walk was a bit of a challenge since the close square yard of grass was about half a kilometer away - but we figured it all out.