Vacances!

Hey everyone!
So I got back on sunday from the west coast where my family has a beach house. I was without internet there, but wrote up a post anyways, so here it is:
I am currently at my host families beach house in Vendee. It is beautiful!

It was rainy for the first 2 days, but since then, it has been sunny and realllllly warm. It is a sleepy little town, and mostly dead because the Parisians aren’t on holidays yet, so it is really peaceful and quite. The family has a few bikes stored here, and so I spend my days riding around and exploring.
The other day I did a tour of the golf course, and after I ended up finding a pretty little lake. I sat there for a while on a bench and people watched. Across the lake there was a beautiful chateau, Disney style. It was magical.
On another adventure I went to the port, and poked around the sea wall. It is an incredibly beautiful place.
My little host brother and I have spent many, many hours on the beach together, which is only about a 2 min walk from the house (30sec bike ride). He builds castles and forts, and then we sit and watch as the tide comes in. He usually ends up getting soaked (much to my host moms chagrin). One time I had taken refuge on top of a big rock, and it was all fine and dandy until an unusually large wave came in very quickly. I didn’t have time to jump to higher ground, so I took a wave to the face.

Me and Thomas (little host brother) played badminton in the sun for hours yesterday. It was super warm out, shorts and tank top weather, and we ended up having to move into the shade. It was great fun. We then played “monkey” in the trees, and worked on a song he is writing…in English. It is about a rabbit. It started out with his stuffed rabbit, I guess he had learned the vocabulary at school because of Easter. Anyways, so I hear this little voice saying “I aam a raaaabiitt, I aam a raaaabiiitt!”. The song ends up growing and now goes:
I am a rabbit
My name is fluffy
I am a rabbit
I eat carrots every day
I jump all day
Because I am a ribbit
My name is Fluffly

I am a singer
Who must sing
So I siiiiiing
On my burrow
To keep busy

I am a rabbit
Forever

We are also working on a film of Fluffy….


Yesterday before dinner, at around 18H30 I went to the beach alone and just sat in the sunshine. It was beautiful. I don’t know how I am going to go back to rainy, cold Normandie after this…..hahaha.