Holidays

One week off!
We went to un uncle who lives 7h away south west. Had a great dinner with grea t company.

Stayed one night and next morning, after loading the car with 2 banana trees, 1 palm tree, 3 agave and 10 L of rosé, we took off, happy and loaded.

Another 2h drive and we arrived in Pays Basque, Mauleon to be exact, where J and S live.

They have started their own business 1,5 month ago. They bake cookies and sell coffee from their cute caravan at markets. Simple and good!

All their ingredients are local and it’s all hand made. Maybe later I can show you a picture from a market.

Animal cemetery…

A couple of weeks ago I had a survivor. A birdy was blessed after smashing into our window. He stayed the afternoon and took off when he was ready.

Today is a sad day. Not one but two (!) losts..
One little birdy took a try on our kitchen window and is now in birdy heaven.

And 5 minutes ago another knock out! This little fella was going strong cuz he flew fast and I heard a strong boom and he bounced back 50cm!! He must’ve instantly broken his neck..

RIP little ones..🐦🐦

Hope the cats come around to clean up…🐈🐱

First garden!

We’re trying out some veggies for the summer!! 🙂
Wish us luck!!

I feel really close to the country side. Just saw 3 hunters with their dogs crossing on the field next to us!!

DIRECT FLIGHT NEWS!

Sooo great news folks.

DIRECT flights are starting 16 April between LYON to Copenhagen!!! Yay!!! Lowcost too!! WOOP WOOP!!

 

For you in the even northern parts: time will come

Today and lately on our land

So lately…

September that is..a month ago we dug.

Well we decided what to do finally with the left side (when you enter) of our land. This is the part where cows are. The land has a tilt downwards to the left side. So we need to fill this up so it’s level with the terrace. We decided to build up a small wall. So I started digging for the foundation for the wall.

When G had put the wall up we started to fill up a little to hide the wall.

A little work here and there and we are slowly progressing with the outside. Which is a big relief thinking about it. Because when we will move in, the greater part of our land will be finished.

Yesterday babe decided to start cleaning up a little bit outside so he burned up all the pieces we didn’t have any use for. This is in front of the house.

The extra garage is very close to be finished. The ceiling was done last week, just before the party.

Electricity was finished yesterday. And so today we put one layer of paint on the walls and next week final layer.

Have a nice Sunday all!

Black and White

We had a birthday party to attend to last weekend, themed Black and White. So I went all in and even crosspainted my toes to match (hmm un match?) my shoes 🙂

Though I was a little afraid that we would all look like a bunch of waiters on an after party, this was a really smart theme to choose as everyone has something black and white at home. You don’t really have to go shopping for anything and when taking photos on people dancing they look simply united.

18-22 Aug –> Annecy

Annecy, we have already created memories here from our first visit here in July 2013.
It is in a town near lake Annecy, situated by the mountains, also called Little Venice. We found a nice camping spot and stayed.

You have seen pictures from the old town 2 years ago. We had never entered the city centre with shops etc. So we totally missed that there is the cutest original cookie shop!! And it’s so big aaand you get to taste a small cookie when you enter the shop, sometimes two 😉

Last time we were on the opposite side of the lake. The big white spot centered in the middle is the castle we visited. This year we spent it chilling by the lake in our swim suits.

France is a big country. I really enjoy finding new places, explore different landscapes and all this in the same country. And with the love of my life ❤

15-18 Aug –> Ardeche with great friends!

I had 1 week of holidays and my dear friends M & M came to visit! We hit the roads directly to reach Ardeche as we went by camping car and it’s far as it is.

Our first stop was in Vogüé, no not Vogue, you pronounce all the letters 🙂 It’s a small village where all the buildings are kept in their original look.

M is enjoying the beggining of her holidays. Babe is in his right seat, on a bike.
 

This is not the first bookstand I’ve seen. But I love this idea of swopping books.

Vogüé

Me and M. I think we had ice creams every day of our holidays..that was for about 8-9 days!

Vallon-Pont-d’Arc

This is the heart of Ardeche. We spent it in Vallon Pont D’Arc. The water level was very low due to the heat wave this summer. We spent our days by the beach of the river of Ardeche. Slept well in the camping car. We hired canoes and spent a day on the river.

Thanks M&M for coming and we hope to see you very soon! ❤

Latest house update

The front wall is rising 🙂
It’s not finished yet but it already looks more like a house/home than a construction site 🙂