We were lucky to time our free day with a food and wine festival on in town today! There were lots of things to taste and wines to sample and amazing gadgets to buy. I was pretty happy with my new Kenwood mixer I got earlier in the year, but I'm afraid it is nothing on the $2,500 jobbie I saw today! I've not even seen anything like it in NZ!
The weather was great today so we swam and relaxed and even napped to catch up on some sleep after a fairly sleepless night. There was a big demonstration not far from us last night to do with the referendum New Caledonia is having in 2014 regarding the kanaks getting independence from France. There was so much noise and LOUD music til 5am so most of us slept very little. We've discovered though that Baz can sleep through anything! Carrie and I felt as though we were sleeping on the actual dance floor, it was so bad! Poor old Bill had to be downstairs for his shuttle to the airport at 5am so he wasn't impressed.
We saw Tegan and Emma at the beach today, and they were both all smiles and were enjoying their weekend. We are looking forward to seeing them all tomorrow morning and hearing all their news.
Carrie is enjoying her immersion experience and even thinks she forgets English words at times as she gets the languages muddled!
We had a fabulous french meal at Madame Mezouar's last night. Her husband is Morrocan and does most of their cooking, and it was very cordon bleu! Carrie wasn't too keen on trying the raw tuna but discovered it was beautiful - marinated with lemon juice, olives and spring onions. of course we just about had to restrain Bill from devouring the lot! That was followed by NZ lamb then a large selection of cheeses and then to-die-for desserts! The french do food sooo well!
Tomorrow is a big day with brekky at City Hall and then out to Daniel Talon primary school. Hope the weather remains as good as it's been over the weekend. Tomorrow night hopefully this internet connection will let us load some photos of the kids.
Au revoir!
The TIS team.
Baie des Citrons
Hi All,
ReplyDeleteTrust you will have a restful night tonight for your big day tomorrow. Your experience of noise pollution last night bought back memories for John of the Nottinghill Gate Carnival which went right past doorway.
A message for Ollie:-
Ollie, we love you. Be sure to enjoy every moment of your 'French experience'. We can't wait to hear your stories.
Love Mum, Dad & Ben.