My Uncle Terry and Auntie Jean came to stay with us here in France. Once we had picked them up from the airport we drove to Fontaine de Vaucluse. We walked up to the top of a hill and in front of us there was a big cliff, cut in it there was a giant cave. The bottom of the cave was like a swimming pool. But there was still enough room for Sean and I to crawl onto a rock into the cave and look into the water. It was very blue, like chewing gum blue. Dad said that the last time he had been there, that the water had been gushing out of the cave and that it had covered the cave so you couldn't even see the cave!
When we were walking back down the hill we stopped at a paper museum where they had lots of examples of how they used to make paper. The people used to make paper by chopping wood and then squishing it into pulp. Then they would put it into a tub when it was white to dry it out a little and then they would squeeze it so it comes out in sheets and then puts it in cloths to dry and then, there you go, paper.
There was a door from the paper museum that led you into the towns mini-mall. We walked into a glass blowing shop and there was a man who was glass blowing a dragon.
We followed the Sorgue River down to Isle-sur-la-Sorgue to have an ice-cream. We went to a cafe and I ordered a banana split. It came in a giant bowl with lots of smarties and butterflies on top!! It was sooo yum!
Before walking back to the car we walked around the antique markets and looked at all the knives and things on sale. My favourite object was a chair that had sprite and coke bottle lids stuck all over it!
With Auntie Jean and Uncle Terry we looked at the lavender fields in Sault. We stopped on the side of the road to look at the purple fields and my uncle found a pair of new sunnies that fit me! They were just lying there, by the side of the road! There was one lavender field that was very well kept and tidy. It looked like it was used for postcards.
We drove to Roussillon, a town well known for it's ochre mining. We walked up the hill to the top of the town to have lunch. From the view point you could see all around. As we walked back down through the village we stopped at an art gallery. The lady had some very pretty paintings. My favourite one was a painting of Sault with lots of cows grazing in the fields.
I went to my friends' house for a sleepover. We went to the public swimming pool in Baumes de Venise. We swam a lot and then we were called over to eat lunch. Constance and I had ham, cheese, and tomato toasties. We lay on the grass and found a tree with blackberries so we ate them and had races in the swimming pool. It was really fun.
At home here in Provence we have had many visitors come to see us during the last 2 months. The last family that came had kids our age with them, our friends from the sunshine Coast, Jack and Georgie. Jack, Georgie, Sean and I walked to the lake together, here in Mormoiron. There we climbed over the railing and then jumped into the lake from a little ledge. After a while the water got very cold as it started to get windy, but it was still fun. We swam into the reeds and Sean found a big clam. He was playing around with Jack and accidently dropped it, the clam cracked and there was a big mussel inside!
That afternoon we drove to the big adventure park just outside Mormoiron. This park is filled with flying foxes and challenging climbing and obstacle courses to get around. A harness allows you to clip yourself onto safety wires and gloves protected our hands from rope burn. Joined from tree to tree there are ropes and wires. There is 6 courses all up with various difficulty levels. They are green, blue, black, blue, red and double black. It takes about 2 and a half hours to complete them all. I did all the courses and so did Jack and Mark. The others didn't finish the entire course. We were all exhausted by the end.
There is a Fete in Mormoiron right now. Jack and Georgia came to the fete with us. I went on the trampolines first. It was so cool. I jumped really high and did lots of flips, I nearly did a double flip!! We kept walking around and I had ago at throwing hoops around these boxes. I tried to get a big teddy bear but it was very hard because it didn't count if the hoop just sat on top, it had to go the whole way round the box so I didn't win anything.
Thanks for visiting and I will see you next time :-)
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