France, Part Deux

Our week in France went by too quickly. It was a lot of travel with a toddler for just one week, but I am glad we did it. It was so nice to see the Simon family after 4 years. Brennan enjoyed meeting his French grandparents. We were spoiled with delicious food and wine. Thank you so much, Evelyne and Robert! Brian is having frommage withdrawal :)

After visiting Geneva, we stayed closer to home, enjoyed some time in the pool and walked around the Lake Bourget in Aix Les Bains. On Wednesday morning, Evelyne took us to the market, where there are so many amazing fresh products (locally made cheeses, meats, olive oils and produce.) Brian and I enjoyed seeing everything there was to offer. We wish something like this existed here at home.

We took a drive over to the Hautecombe Abby, pictured below, where Brennan enjoyed walking around the grounds.



Evelyne bought Brennan a children's dictionary picture book in French and Guillaume was reading it with him one afternoon.

On Thursday morning, we headed to Paris for the afternoon, where we planned to spend the night and fly out on Friday. We had no agenda for Paris, just wanted to walk around a little and let Brennan play in the park. An American friend of mine, who I met when I was studying abroad in Dijon, is currently living and working in Paris. We had dinner at her place on Thursday night. I hadn't seen her since her wedding 6 years ago, so that was really a treat. Thanks for dinner, Patrizia! We got some neat photos in Paris. Here are a couple highlights. I will post the rest through a slide show.

At the airport in Paris, there was a nice little play area that kept Brennan entertained for a good half an hour while we waited to board.