
Comme partout en Europe, nous avons eu un temps d'été
As everywhere else in Europe we have had real summer weather which has let us enjoy our Alpine hideout in Tirol, which we have nicknamed "Heidi's Hutte". Mattéo and Juliette feel quite comfortable among the 15 cows and 1 horse in their shed. Mattéo sweeps hay all the time and like to help Meinhard (the young owner) feed the fresh milk to the 8 calves. Just in the last few days, two tiny kittens have appeared and have now become the highlight of the farm weekends.
A la maison, les têtards continuent à grossir et maintenant ils ont quelques nouveaux voisins dans un aquarium. Un nouveauté pour nous tous ... voyons voir combien de temps les 15 petits poissons vont survivre.
At home, our tadpoles continue to get bigger and now they have new neighbours in an aquarium. This is a new experience for all of us - let's see how long they survive.
Mattéo's class was treated to a day out at the Munich Philharmonic Centre (Gasteig) to join thousands of other youngsters for the annual childrens open day. Alister was quick to volunteer to help look after the 30 children (with some other parents of course). Great fun for everyone and a special demonstration of the gigantic orchestral organ (over 6000 pipes!). The football season has restarted with a junior tournament in a small village east of Munich. Mattéo and his team mates in FC Phoenix have great fun - but they are a long way from winning any cups!!
Juliette has enjoyed playing outside with her friends and she continues to enjoy singing and dancing at every opportunity. She was excited to take two overnight trains to and from Angers over Easter. And she is very enthusiastic about practising on her push bike.
Delphine and Alister have enjoyed the good weather - plenty to do at home and at work






