Now the vacation begins! Yesterday we picked Marlene up from the hotel and bid farewell to the crazy bike people and Marlene and I spent a few hours at a spa. It was lovely! We had massages and floated in hot water for a while, it felt so good after spending 4 days crammed into a car.
Last night we went up stairs and had appetizers with the neighbors who are wonderful. We gave the kids our leftover glow sticks and Marlene still had some stickers that she gave them, they were thrilled.
This morning the market came to the street. We literally had to walk out the front door to shop. It totally rocked. They had all kids of clothes, shoes, & kitchen things, not to mention all the fresh meats, vegetables, & fruits you can imagine. We got a fresh roasted chicken, although it wasn't nearly as fresh as the turkey we saw during PBP, it was still clucking! Really.
We got Marlene off to London and walked around down town a bit. Both Jonathan & Marlene drove in down town Paris which is one of those things that you should avoid at all costs, but they both did great and we're all still alive. Everyone here has been totally great. We haven't had anyone be rude to us and what little broken French we can speak. Jonathan is picking it up quick and now that we don't have Marlene here to speak it for us we're braving it our selves. The hard part is how things look and how they sound are completely different, it's like they do that just to mess with us.
Other than that though the French really do have some things here that make so much sense. Like round-a-bouts. If you miss your turn you just drive in a circle and you get another chance. And the toilets have a half flush button to save water. And public transportation, you don't even have to own a car. The rental car had a navigation system in it that we figured out, even though we speak different languages, and it made finding the house so easy. It also helped to find the actual controls during PBP because we had a street name but that was it.
Time to rest a bit before dinner.
Last night we went up stairs and had appetizers with the neighbors who are wonderful. We gave the kids our leftover glow sticks and Marlene still had some stickers that she gave them, they were thrilled.
This morning the market came to the street. We literally had to walk out the front door to shop. It totally rocked. They had all kids of clothes, shoes, & kitchen things, not to mention all the fresh meats, vegetables, & fruits you can imagine. We got a fresh roasted chicken, although it wasn't nearly as fresh as the turkey we saw during PBP, it was still clucking! Really.
We got Marlene off to London and walked around down town a bit. Both Jonathan & Marlene drove in down town Paris which is one of those things that you should avoid at all costs, but they both did great and we're all still alive. Everyone here has been totally great. We haven't had anyone be rude to us and what little broken French we can speak. Jonathan is picking it up quick and now that we don't have Marlene here to speak it for us we're braving it our selves. The hard part is how things look and how they sound are completely different, it's like they do that just to mess with us.
Other than that though the French really do have some things here that make so much sense. Like round-a-bouts. If you miss your turn you just drive in a circle and you get another chance. And the toilets have a half flush button to save water. And public transportation, you don't even have to own a car. The rental car had a navigation system in it that we figured out, even though we speak different languages, and it made finding the house so easy. It also helped to find the actual controls during PBP because we had a street name but that was it.
Time to rest a bit before dinner.
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Wow, that's a great picture of you two.
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