Monthly Archives: October 2010

October 24, 2010-The City of Bordeaux (Bordeaux vacation)

On Sunday 24 October the family visited the city of Bordeaux (site classé au pratrimoine de l’UNESCO).  The children saw the top of the Bordeaux “Tour Pey-Berland”, strolled along “la Garonne (fleuve français)”, enjoyed  “la place de la bourse”, and … Continue reading

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October 23, 2010-En Famille Reunion (Bordeaux vacation)

The family attended a special En Famille Reunion on October 23, 2010. The children currently in exchanges in France stand in the front to answer questions. The audience includes French children considering exchanges and also French children waiting to be … Continue reading

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October 20, 2010-Making cider with Papy René

Today Hannah helped papy René (le père de catherine) make cidre.

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October 17, 2010-A walk in the woods

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October 16, 2010-Making crêpes bretonnes

The children made crêpes bretonnes. Hannah told us, “it’s much harder than it looks!”  Catherine says the children had to eat them as they made them because they fell apart.  

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October 13, 2010-A walk on la côte de granit-rose

Today Catherine took the children for a walk along “la côte de granit-rose”.  They climbed on rocks and played “cache-cache”.

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October 10, 2010-Climbing Park, Vivons Perches

The family enjoyed a day at a climbing park, http://www.vivons-perches.com. Mom Catherine says, “The children climbed into the trees 15 meters in height; it was very impressive! There was a lot of solidarity between them. Even Cyrille (father) had a lot … Continue reading

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October 9, 2010-Windsurfing Saturday

Saturday windsurfing 🙂

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