Adventures au bateau.

Me and Iola enjoying the sunshine.

Today, we kind of got off to a false start. I was told to be up and ready for 8am to leave for the boat, but I was stopped in my tracks saying we were gonna go later on in the morning. As I’d lost out on a few hours sleep I was quietly hacked off (as you can imagine) so instead of being hacked off, I just went back to sleep and decided to start again. This morning was kind of stressful cos the kids were grumpy and moody Dad was stressed cos no one was a sailing expert like he is. Any-who, we set off and I was quite bored to be honest cos the kids were being naggy all the time and not getting on, so the parents attention was on sorting them out whilst I just sat awkwardly in the background.

When lunch time came (finally), everyone lightened up and the day got a million times better. We moored up and did what the French do: eat bread and cheese. We then carried on further inland under 2 ginormous bridges which were pretty impressive. I was, however, spoken to by moody French Dad, and he even asked if I would like to help with rope pulling and knot tying-maybe he doesn't hate me after all. 

Mael- refusing to smile so he pulled a face instead.

After a while, we turned around as the day was getting on, and my rope pulling skills were required once more! On the way home, we played hangman and eye-spy and got a take away pizza- which was lush! It was a lot thinner than normal British pizza though, but miles more flavour- still doesn't beat a good 2-4-1 Dominoes though. 

Lois, the little joker.

At dinner, we chatted for quite a while and all the kids seemed relatively happy- which is unusual at tea time cos normally they're really tired. We exchanged photos of family and the kids when they were younger, and Iola did some of her dances for us (she likes to show off). 


I've caught the sun again today, but it's only on my face as the wind kept the temperature down to the high teens. At least it wasn't raining like it has been in sunny Wales and England. Having said this, I wish I hadn't worn sunglasses all day cos I have white eyes and red all around- hopefully that will have gone down by tomorrow!

Ewen

I think tomorrow, we're having a relatively lazy morning, playing games etc. And then in the afternoon, we're going to see Spiderman 289 or whatever the next one is. These plans aren't set in stone so I'll let you know what occurs tomorrow! Hasta luego amigos!!

Iola, Michele and Ewen.

Lizzie