An Australian Feel

The new school year has just begun and I am in a new class with a new teacher. She is very nice and I am sitting next to a friend in class. Her name is Chloe. When Mum and I went to buy stationary for school, it was really fun but very hard because everything was in French. It took us a while to figure out exactly what we needed to buy! Luckily I love looking at so much stationery. All my friends, but one, are in the other class in the same grade this year. That's okay because I get to stay with one of them, Claire, for a week! Mum and Dad are going away for a week. That's why I am staying with Claire. I can't wait because she is really nice.

Our friend, Pascal, had suggested to come to see the Australian 'spectacle' in a gorgeous village, Les Baux de Provence. They project pictures of Australia onto the walls. Pascal invited us to go along with him, Cristine, Raphaelle, Charlotte and Constance yesterday. The theatre for this show is an old quarry where they cut out blocks of rock 500 years ago to use for building castles and other large buildings. Inside where they had removed the blocks were now huge empty galleries, with high ceilings. They had big projectors projecting pictures and videos of Australia on each and every wall! Even the floor had moving art shown on it. We were surrounded in full by the feel of Australia. There were pictures of the tropics, the sea, the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour bridge, pictures of Uluru and Aboriginal people and art. Australian music played along with the movie. It was quite something.

After we left the theatre, we walked up through the town of Les Baux. Les Baux de Provence is one of the 'plus beaux villages' of France. The cobbled streets and the old shops and houses are romantic and lovely to see. The gardens were pretty and there were lots of things to look at. We later sat at a restaurant with a great view to eat dinner and just across the road there was a square with lots of little kittens. They were so cute with their big blue eyes. Charlotte, Raphaelle, Constance and I spent ages trying to catch them, but it was too hard. We didn't even get to touch one! The kittens were too wild.

Walking back to the car there was a big big lollie shop that smelled of vanilla cake and fudge. We stopped to have a look inside. The lollies looked delicious. We arrived home very late.

Au Revoir!