Salut tout le monde! Yesterday was pretty chilled out to be fair, just getting to know what's what etc. We went to the supermarché to get bits and bobs and then we went for a little 'tour' of the area and it's quite a nice area I reckon. The baby, Chloe, is proper cute but doesn't do much so she's not that interesting, still a sweetie though. We picked the kids up from school at half 4 and played a few games before tea time, then it was bed time.
Today has been lush! Michele, Chloe and I went to Saint-Nazaire to he beach for a walk and then she had to go back and sort some stuff out for the baby but I decided to stay to do a bit of 'exploring'. The town centre was really quiet but I'm not sure if that's because it was the middle of the day on a Tuesday or what but it was still very pleasant. I went to the supermarket alone to stock up on snacks etc for when I'm starving but to scared to ask for more food! Then I went went back to the beach by myself and did a bit of paddling and walking out along the wall of the port thingy and I accidentally caught the sun quite bad. Saint-Nazaire is well known (apparently) for it's ship building industry and it's evident all over. Currently, a massive ocean liner/cruise ship thing is being built and it is MASSIVE and very impressive. Sadly, because of this, a lot of the town was destroyed during WWII so it's been rebuilt in a 50s/60s style- lovely. The Germans occupied the area for a while, but their biggest punishment on the French was building THE ugliest concrete block ever, in the history of the world known to man, ever. It's hideous but apparently one of Saint-Nazaire's 'attractions'. Just eww. Anyway, it was was a fairly hot day today, early to mid 20 degrees which took me by surprise, hence the lack of sun screen. I looked into going to the Airbus factory museum tour thing but for some stupid reason, you have to book 10 days in advance so that's pretty much off the cards. I still get my daily dosage of the Baluga flying overhead though (for those who don't know, the Baluga is the big whale-shaped plane thing that flies over my home-home several times a day).
At half 4, we collected the little horrors and came back. Iola, Mael, Lois and I played some weird French games on the trampoline, whilst Irwen sulked for no apparent reason, like all 12 year olds. I then introduced them to Dobble. Those of you who know what it is, you will know how much this goes down a treat with kids and it was really good to teach them a bit of English vocab too. They're all picking bits and bobs up from time to time, even 3 year old Lois keeps saying: one, two, three, GO! He's really advanced for his age and it's weird cos he looks and acts like a bit of a baby but talks like a 5 year old. We had a pasta-bacon thing for tea and then the usual cheese board for afters.
I'm currently nursing my sunburn in my room, watching an American film dubbed (interestingly) into French, whilst Michele watches some kind of awful French reality TV show- similar to Big Brother. As my room is effectively in the loft, it's like an oven so my windows will stay wide open until the very last minute. To sum up (after a shed load of waffle) I've had a great day, and I'm really getting on well with the kids. Sometimes they talk far too fast for me but I can understand them 90% of the time, sometimes with a bit of an explanation attached. Hope you're all well back at home, and let's hope the English finish top the table, above France!! A la prochaine!
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