NICE AIRPORT, FRANCE;

2 planes landing, 2 women, 2 kids, 2 trolleys full of luggage, everything almost identical except that one couple is blond and the other is dark and coming from 2 different places.

One is from New York and the other from LA, but their final destination is the same, the Radisson in Nice. The blond party, known as the Kennard family, has a limousine waiting for them at the exit, the film company has arranged this for them. Inside the car, Tina feels a bit uncomfortable by all this grandeur. In the States it is normal but here, she feels all the eyes turned to her as she got in the car. She hasn´t much time though to think about it as the little Kennard is starting to touch the buttons and other interesting items inside the limousine. Tina needs to put her attention on the little Kennard as always when there is something new to explore. Tina had asked her mother if she was the same as a child but her mother had answered negative, so this little one must have it from the father´s side, but that was something Tina never discusses with Henry. As a matter of fact, they don´t discuss very much at all; in the last 3 years they only talk about the facts that really effect the little Kennard, if necessary.

As she arrives at the hotel, Tina notices that there are many limousines on the driveway  and it makes her think that this hotel must be a good choice as it is unlikely that the film company would put her up in a mediocre hotel. She knew it wasn´t a cheap hotel as she had booked the extra room and had paid it at the time she made the reservation, but she hadn´t been sure what to expect of the hotel as she has never been to Nice so far. As soon as she gets out of the limousine, the little Kennard climbs out behind her and wants to run off to the entrance, but Tina was prepared for that and grabs the arm. She kneels in front of the kid “ Now Sam, you have to stay close to me as there are many people here, when you get lost here it is very difficult to find me as the people here don´t speak like us, they speak French, so you cannot ask them for your mummy and then I get very worried and we are here to have fun, right?”
Sam´s head nods “ Ok mummy, but what is French? Is that like Ziggy talks?” Tina smiles, hearing Sam making a comparison between the voice of Ziggy from Lazy Town and the strange idiom around them. “ Almost, let´s just say that both don´t understand us, ok. So it is important that we stay together, so hold my hand and don´t let go until we are in the room, ok?” Sam nods again as the little hand reaches for Tina´s. She strokes the hair of Sam in an affectionate way, stands up and they make their way to the lobby to find the check in desk. Inside it is nice and cool and very big, Sam´s eyes and head turn in any direction but the grip of the little hand stays tight.