Though most of our two weeks in France will have been spent at Marc’s parents’, in Jouy-le-Moutier, near Paris, we spent the last weekend in Nancy (where we used to live). It was a busy weekend, with as much packed in as possible!
First of all, we had arranged to visit a friend of ours, Cathy, who moved from Nancy to Châlons-en-Champagne last year. Châlons is in between Paris and Nancy, and we were meeting Cathy for lunch. We got slightly lost as we arrived in Châlons, and as I was asking a very helpful passer-by for directions, Marc noticed that the engine was overheating. We eventually found Cathy, and drove into town for lunch, and we realised that there was something seriously wrong with the car. I would say what was wrong, but not being a car expert, I don’t know the technical words in English ;o)
Anyway, we still had a good time with Cathy, and Simon behaved very well in the restaurant, eating his chips (and leaving his beans!) as if he was used to eating out every day!
Afterwards Cathy went back to work, and we went to the Peugeot garage we’d noticed at the bottom of her road. They checked out the car, and said that they could fix it, and had the necessary spare part. So we waited in the car showroom, where there was a so-called “children’s corner”, which actually just meant a plastic fort stuck in the middle of the gleaming (and very hard!) floor tiles. I’m not sure they’d ever heard of safety regulations! We let Simon play on it, but made sure we kept hold of him! He tried out the slide and loved it – peals of excited laughter rang around the showroom, and the women on reception turned to see what was going on.
By the time the car was repaired, an hour later, Simon had completely worn himself out, and fell asleep as soon as we set off again, abandoning the usually obligatory thumb-suck and softie cuddle!
More in the next gripping episode…
First of all, we had arranged to visit a friend of ours, Cathy, who moved from Nancy to Châlons-en-Champagne last year. Châlons is in between Paris and Nancy, and we were meeting Cathy for lunch. We got slightly lost as we arrived in Châlons, and as I was asking a very helpful passer-by for directions, Marc noticed that the engine was overheating. We eventually found Cathy, and drove into town for lunch, and we realised that there was something seriously wrong with the car. I would say what was wrong, but not being a car expert, I don’t know the technical words in English ;o)
Anyway, we still had a good time with Cathy, and Simon behaved very well in the restaurant, eating his chips (and leaving his beans!) as if he was used to eating out every day!
Afterwards Cathy went back to work, and we went to the Peugeot garage we’d noticed at the bottom of her road. They checked out the car, and said that they could fix it, and had the necessary spare part. So we waited in the car showroom, where there was a so-called “children’s corner”, which actually just meant a plastic fort stuck in the middle of the gleaming (and very hard!) floor tiles. I’m not sure they’d ever heard of safety regulations! We let Simon play on it, but made sure we kept hold of him! He tried out the slide and loved it – peals of excited laughter rang around the showroom, and the women on reception turned to see what was going on.
By the time the car was repaired, an hour later, Simon had completely worn himself out, and fell asleep as soon as we set off again, abandoning the usually obligatory thumb-suck and softie cuddle!
More in the next gripping episode…
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