Inside the church - St Lupicin's remains!Dimanche –
The girls woke me with lovely cards and presents they had made. Seph gave me a clay duck she had made then framed. Hermione had made me a shopping list notebook. Very nice.
We went for a walk in the drizzle – found some interesting wildlife! Snails which had pretty shells, no wonder they eat them.
We also found these things called “limace” the translation is slug – but we don’t have them this big! From wiki-
Les limaces mesurent de 1 à 15 cm. “The slugs are from 1 to 15 cm. Like other gastropods, they have four tentacles, two of which have eyes. The others are used to capture odors and are sensitive to taste. They can be phytophagous or carnivorous.”
Really ugly things!
We returned to have lunch, a friend of Graziella’s also came, Christine – amazingly she is a teacher of 5-8year olds in the local Catholic School. The lasagne was delicious and so too the chocolate cake.
In the afternoon we went with Christine who showed us around her school – the first time I have been in all different classrooms. It was great and I took heaps of photos. We then went to her house and had a tour around it. From the outside it was very deceiving it didn’t look very big however it was a huge place.
Graziella wanted to show us the village she grew up in and then on to a dam where her father and brother worked on the construction.
The dam is 130m high and 475m wide. It was also curved not straight - interesting.
The girls woke me with lovely cards and presents they had made. Seph gave me a clay duck she had made then framed. Hermione had made me a shopping list notebook. Very nice.
We went for a walk in the drizzle – found some interesting wildlife! Snails which had pretty shells, no wonder they eat them.
We also found these things called “limace” the translation is slug – but we don’t have them this big! From wiki-Les limaces mesurent de 1 à 15 cm. “The slugs are from 1 to 15 cm. Like other gastropods, they have four tentacles, two of which have eyes. The others are used to capture odors and are sensitive to taste. They can be phytophagous or carnivorous.”
Really ugly things!
We returned to have lunch, a friend of Graziella’s also came, Christine – amazingly she is a teacher of 5-8year olds in the local Catholic School. The lasagne was delicious and so too the chocolate cake.
In the afternoon we went with Christine who showed us around her school – the first time I have been in all different classrooms. It was great and I took heaps of photos. We then went to her house and had a tour around it. From the outside it was very deceiving it didn’t look very big however it was a huge place.
Graziella wanted to show us the village she grew up in and then on to a dam where her father and brother worked on the construction.
The dam is 130m high and 475m wide. It was also curved not straight - interesting.
It was really nice to drive through little villages and see people meeting and talking in the streets.
We went up the top of the mountain for a great view over the villages. Wonderful! 
We then returned to Christine’s for ‘tea’ while Graziella packed her things. When we arrived back her 2 children had arrived to see her, they attend university in Besancon and it happened to be Pierre-Jean’s 23rd birthday so we had a birthday cake and “Charlotte” another type of cake. Another good friend arrived –Isabel. They even convinced me to teach them the HAKA!! We had a great time there and I only wished we had met these people earlier on. Christine has also applied for a job at Notre Dame for next year –It would have been great to have her here this year. Dommage!
About 7:30pm we headed for home and Graziella very kindly took us on a different route.
We then returned to Christine’s for ‘tea’ while Graziella packed her things. When we arrived back her 2 children had arrived to see her, they attend university in Besancon and it happened to be Pierre-Jean’s 23rd birthday so we had a birthday cake and “Charlotte” another type of cake. Another good friend arrived –Isabel. They even convinced me to teach them the HAKA!! We had a great time there and I only wished we had met these people earlier on. Christine has also applied for a job at Notre Dame for next year –It would have been great to have her here this year. Dommage!
About 7:30pm we headed for home and Graziella very kindly took us on a different route.
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