Well, we don’t really wish that, we just had a really bad day and night. Last night we were all pretty wired and couldn’t fall asleep until 3:00am or 0300 hours France time. The kids decided they didn’t like sleeping in their own beds and so in they came to our room and Diane’s. Liam, Francois and I were crowded into a bed that is smaller than a Queen bed, it was not very comfortable and not very restful. Yes, I know I should expect this with kids.
The morning started off with a humdinger as we got up around 9:30am 0930 hours. Francois’ laptop hard drive decided to not work anymore. So we went to Lavaur to find a computer store but of course by the time we get to the town its their lunch break…or should I say two to three hour siesta (I don’t think I’ll ever get used to shops closing down for a few hours in the afternoon). We did manage to find a mobile phone store that was open. Hurray for them! So we picked up a cell phone so Francois could spend a lovely afternoon talking to IBM France. They are coming on Friday to hopefully fix the problem.
I must add that we discovered a great shopping area while walking around different parts of Lavaur. One particular street, which was quite narrow, had shops (all closed of course) that looked really nice inside…I’m sure I would have bought something if they were open. I guess I’ll have to go back when they are open to give them my money.
We found another Catholic church along the way too. Gothic in design and smack dab in the middle of the commerce section. We also passed some very cool looking courtyard gardens behind some of the dwellings there. I’ve heard there are a lot of these around so I’ll have to venture inside one of them someday.
Ah yes, pictures! Well, we didn’t take much today and we are sad to say that the original photos of all our days past are now lost with his hard drive failure.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
I’m sorry for your bad day… but don’t worry — the sun will shine again and soon — the summer is coming 😉 I wish you better days in the future.
Comment by klaus — April 4, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
Hmmmm lets see bad day in France or mediocre day in Vernon….yup I still think you had a better day 😉 tee hee! Just go and by a bunch of that tasty cheap wine and that should take care of things! Hannah and I literally oooh’d and ahh’d (never had to spell that before ~ looks weird) when looking at your photos yesterday. Those churches are amazing ~ hey never thought I’d ever say that lol! Hannah was disappointed when she realized that Emma won’t be in class tomorrow. She suggested that she could come back every Thursday for class! Well I hope you have a better day tomorrow! Oh and HI EMMA from Hannah!
Comment by hannahsmama — April 4, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
Wow, what’s up with all those massive churches, they are soo totally awesomely big! (Wow, that sentence is the epitome of classy grammar and stuff…..) That sucks you guys had a bad day, but I’m sure it’ll be way better once y’all get used to sleeping in your new beds. And shops closed in the afternoon…..I wouldn’t be able to deal, I mean, that’s prime shopping time!
Comment by Sarah — April 4, 2007 @ 10:46 pm
Oh yes, wine cures all!!
Comment by marissa — April 5, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
What is the “precious” thing you are holding to on the pictures?
Comment by off2europe2 — April 5, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
Marissa is holding onto my laptop as well as the box that my Euro cellphone came in. We tried to live without a cell phone and we made it 4 days before breaking down. I’m not proud of that… 🙂
Comment by admin — April 6, 2007 @ 11:37 am