I'm here!!

Well I'm here now in Nantes and the sun is shining away as I type. I arrived yesterday at about 1ish after the flight on a plane so small that they were moving passengers around to balance the plane out. Their house is pretty cool and big and, for those of you who have seen Mon Oncle, it's a bit like that, but more 'lived in' if you know what I mean. Basically, it's really white, modern but not much in the way of character. I have my own room which is pretty big  but quite bare but it has everything you need for a bedroom- a bed. 


The family are lovely, well, except the Dad Christoph, he's a bit grumpy but he's not here during the week so I'm not that bothered. There are 4 kids, Irwen-12, Iola- 8 (nearly 9, as she keeps telling me), Mael- 6 and Lois- 3 and they are all really good kids, as in not bratty and don't make me want to shoot them, which is a good thing I suppose. They're at school at the moment and won't be home until half 4, so I basically have the days to myself. However, the house is kind of in the middle of nowhere and so if I wanted to get around, I'd have to get lifts to places which is ok but then it means that I'm not completely free to do what I want. Each day after they come home, I'm expected to play with them, which is fine as they're really easy going kids, whilst teaching them a bit of English which I've done already. To be fair though, Irwen and Iola are already quite good with the basics and Maile tries his hardest- his favourite English word so far is 'yes'. You've got to start somewhere though I suppose. 


Everyday, Michele looks after Chloe- 8 months for her friend and I think she'll be tagging along on our days out, but that's cool cos she's mega cute. Later on today, we're popping out to the supermarket to get food for the week that I like. Which, as we all know, isn't very difficult but who am I to say no to a food shop!


Weather permitting, this weekend we're going out on the boat and sleeping on it over night which will be interesting! (And yes Fran- THEY HAVE A BOAT). Then, the next weekend, we're going to some kind of show thing that Iola and Irwen are part of for their end of year performance. I was shown their dance show from the weekend and Iola is pretty talented when it comes to dance and gymnastics- Irwen though is still a novice but he's pretty good considering he's only just started out. 


Anyway, I hope England and Wales are treating you all well and I'll get some pictures up soon, when I've taken them. Ciao for now!