Le mot du jour

Alors, les élèves: today we begin our Word of the day study. Today's word is a phrase, perhaps antiquated, which I learned half way through translating George Perec's Un homme qui dort for my college thesis. Perhaps the dullest book ever written, but this phrase made it almost worth the slog:

Le bonheur d'Orly

Orly is the older of Paris' two major airports. Le bonheur d'Orly is that feeling of hope mingled with escape and excitement that you feel when the bags are packed, the house locked, the office told you're out of reach, and finally you hear, "Now boarding..."!