Fun in the Sun

Vocab Word of the Day is definitely “le printemps”, the French word for springtime. For springtime, it is! It seems as if the gray, foreboding Paris of March has transformed into a glorious, blooming version of the city within about a week. I’ll have to keep my camera handy in order to record this remarkable transformation.

Fortunately the good weather was readily apparent for the duration of our weekend in LaBaule and Nantes. On Saturday, we went to the beach at LaBaule with our nieces Maeva and Auxanne as well as my friend Scott (a fellow Fulbright grantee who happens to live in nearby Angers, shown in photo making sand balls with Maeva). During the weekend Maeva celebrated her birthday of 8 years old and her sister’s birthday is a few weeks ago (turning 5 years old). The trip also provided us with the chance to raid the closets of Maeva and Auxanne...we are returning home with three large bundles of baby clothes! Our kid will be better dressed than me, although that shouldn't be too difficult.