And then...

On arrival in Vergt, Simon was doing great and we were pleased he still remembered us. Unlike his dad, he will eat pretty well anything served. He'd eat 5 kinds of cheese 6 times a day if we'd let him! His french is now about on par with his english and he uses them pretty much interchangeably.


The weather has been excellent, cooling off nicely since we arrived. Lunches somewere between 1 and 4 and dinners are usually underway by 9:30 all served in the fresh air on the front balcony.


A few shopping trips and visits with friends in the area. And of course some touristishness.

We went into the department capital Perigeux, 20 min north of here, to see the annual MIME FESTIVAL. Now if that isn't French, I don't know what is...
Simon sat and stared at an act for the entire 40 min in awe of the funny faces and actions.

Last Sunday we went to an airshow in the countryside a couple hours north of here and saw the Patrouille de France (the french snowbirds) perform.


After the show we watched about 15 hot air ballons take off for a "race" which is really more of an accuracy competition. That was quite a site but then as we were driving away we turned to see about 50 balloons launched from other sites all on their way across the countryside.


Pretty amazing and a great intro to my birthday present from Corinne, Marie-Laure and Francis. They sent me on a Balloon ride over the Dordogne river and country side past the castles in the area (they sent me away, but I came back anyway :) ). pictures in next blog entry...