Well, we did it!
We got everyone and everything into the car (needless to say more than we'd planned), locked the door to the house and set off on our adventure at around 2.30 pm yesterday afternoon - just 30 minutes later than planned.
First stop the charcuterie down the road to pick up some lunch for the route and then...........home...............to collect Sean's jersey out of the dryer.
We arrived at Parc Asterix just outside Paris after an uneventful trip but too late to go into the Parc itself as it had already closed for the day. So we checked into our hotel which proved to be quite a find- very kid friendly including a neat set of bunks in the room which worked a treat. The only challenge was smuggling Bert, the dog, in and out.
After a good nights sleep we woke up to a wet and dreary day and headed off to the eat-as-much-as-you-like breakfast that the kids thought was fantastic. Then it was off to the Parc via the kennels where Bert would be spending his day.
Parc Asterix, despite the rain, was a lot of fun....and we all thought really well designed. It really was Asterix world but would be great even if you didn't know anything about Asterix. The highlights of the day were probably the Dolphin Show, Roman Legionaires Show and a ride on a baby rollercoaster that even Marion braved! The Gaul village was also really well done and the kids loved meeting Asterix and Obelix and having the obligatory picture taken. On the food front, Kyle's Barbe-a-Papa proved a real hit and was soon devoured despite being almost as big as him!
After an exhausting day, we left the Parc and headed for Versailles, our next port of call. We spent the night at the Sofitel hotel in the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in - even better than ours at home.
Next day, we headed up the road to the Chateau de Versailles which I am sure you have all seen before. Our plan was to hunt the Chateau and find the portrait of my great great great grandfather, Fransisco da Miranda. His portrait hangs in the Room of Battles with a number of other generals of Napoleon. He fought for Napoleon and was Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the North. We were armed with photographs that I had taken on a previous visit with my mom. It made the visit a lot more personal and the kids seemed very interested in his story and the story of Marie-Antoinette - amazing how exciting a story can be when someone loses a head!
We also spent an hour in the gardens which are truly beautiful - on a little golf cart -which the kids also loved. So all in all a good day.
We spend tonight in Versailles again and then head off to Sancerre tomorrow morning where we'll be based for the next week as we brave a french emmersion course "en famile" - oui, c'est vrai mes amis - after which Sean, Kyle and I hope to be armed with at least the basics required to survive our time in France.....Marion doesn't need any help on the french front thanks to all her hard work over the last two years in Brussels.
Well, that's all for now....so as they say in the classics.......a bientot.
We got everyone and everything into the car (needless to say more than we'd planned), locked the door to the house and set off on our adventure at around 2.30 pm yesterday afternoon - just 30 minutes later than planned.
First stop the charcuterie down the road to pick up some lunch for the route and then...........home...............to collect Sean's jersey out of the dryer.
We arrived at Parc Asterix just outside Paris after an uneventful trip but too late to go into the Parc itself as it had already closed for the day. So we checked into our hotel which proved to be quite a find- very kid friendly including a neat set of bunks in the room which worked a treat. The only challenge was smuggling Bert, the dog, in and out.
After a good nights sleep we woke up to a wet and dreary day and headed off to the eat-as-much-as-you-like breakfast that the kids thought was fantastic. Then it was off to the Parc via the kennels where Bert would be spending his day.
Parc Asterix, despite the rain, was a lot of fun....and we all thought really well designed. It really was Asterix world but would be great even if you didn't know anything about Asterix. The highlights of the day were probably the Dolphin Show, Roman Legionaires Show and a ride on a baby rollercoaster that even Marion braved! The Gaul village was also really well done and the kids loved meeting Asterix and Obelix and having the obligatory picture taken. On the food front, Kyle's Barbe-a-Papa proved a real hit and was soon devoured despite being almost as big as him!
After an exhausting day, we left the Parc and headed for Versailles, our next port of call. We spent the night at the Sofitel hotel in the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in - even better than ours at home.
Next day, we headed up the road to the Chateau de Versailles which I am sure you have all seen before. Our plan was to hunt the Chateau and find the portrait of my great great great grandfather, Fransisco da Miranda. His portrait hangs in the Room of Battles with a number of other generals of Napoleon. He fought for Napoleon and was Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the North. We were armed with photographs that I had taken on a previous visit with my mom. It made the visit a lot more personal and the kids seemed very interested in his story and the story of Marie-Antoinette - amazing how exciting a story can be when someone loses a head!
We also spent an hour in the gardens which are truly beautiful - on a little golf cart -which the kids also loved. So all in all a good day.
We spend tonight in Versailles again and then head off to Sancerre tomorrow morning where we'll be based for the next week as we brave a french emmersion course "en famile" - oui, c'est vrai mes amis - after which Sean, Kyle and I hope to be armed with at least the basics required to survive our time in France.....Marion doesn't need any help on the french front thanks to all her hard work over the last two years in Brussels.
Well, that's all for now....so as they say in the classics.......a bientot.
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