Samedi le 29 novembre - Marche de Noel

I am very surprised at how well we all sleep in – maybe we are using extra brain power but whatever it is we are terribly slow to get going. I know some of you are saying this is no surprise for me, however the rest of the family have definitely caught the bug!
After lunch we headed into town to the Marche de Noel - The opening of all the markets and they turn on all the lights. This was a really great experience, the effort people go to for the lovely warmth through lighting and displays it really is different in winter.
I still am trying to get my head around the fact it is December, I am naturally not thinking Xmas yet, it still feels like months away!
We went and sought refuge from the cold for an hour until the lights went on in a bar/café. We were sitting there and the guy next to us had a matchstick up on its end and was turning it without touching it – this of course had us intrigued. Turns out he is a professional magician. The kids thought this was great and to be honest so did I. He spoke English as he often has to perform internationally which certainly was a bonus. We struck up quite a conversation and soon enough we had our vey own private magical performance with Seph as star assistant! He placed the end of a teaspoon in Seph’s hand and then touched her hand for a few seconds (it looked like he was squeezing really hard – but Seph said he wasn’t and it didn’t hurt) when she unclasped her grip - it had a bend in it about 3 cm down from the end. It was just the normal spoon that came with the café. We certainly couldn’t bend it afterwards either – he didn’t bend it across the spoon but sides into the middle. Very amazing! He also did card tricks and by the power of his mind – made a pen drop after it was balanced across the top of a glass. It was really neat to talk with him and the girls were so engrossed.
Home after we saw all the lights on – the town did look pretty.