More of those two months

Ready for lunch

After the long week in Blagnac and the region, we drove up to Najac and settled in at the Belle Rive hotel, our headquarters when we visit Em&G. Nothing new to report from there. We relaxed. A few days later, Cl arrived with the children and Al, her mother-in-law. They were staying in a gîte on the Viaur river, just upstream from where it joins the Aveyron in Laguépie. We saw them briefly when they arrived, but it was late, so we left them to get settled and eat something. The next day, we met up at a restaurant in Najac - our first really bad restaurant experience -- ignoring us for more than half an hour, then slow service and then serving the wrong things. After this very, very long and unpleasant lunch (we were among the first to arrive and the last to leave!), we went back to the hotel for a swim. G arrived on his motorcycle - straight to the hotel, where they all stayed for dinner and then left while there was still a little light to guide Ge to the gîte. By the time they got to the road that was just a gutted out path, though, there was no light left and it was a rough ride on the heavy motorcycle.
They spent their days visiting sites with Al, who was unfamiliar with this region and then we all met up at Em&G's a few times. A flew back to England and we drove back to Nogent for a few days recuperation before Cl&Ge came to Nogent for another 10 days. Actually, Ge went back to England after a couple of days, so it was just Cl with Au and Co.

A live show - a medley of Disney musical comedies -- Excellent!

An moved into her new apartment! And since she is also on vacation, she was able to spend lots of time with Cl and the girls. I think they all appreciated it. I know I loved having them here. They went to Giverny one day and also spent some time with L and his kids in Paris. (L, still on vacation while Gw returned to work. Just last Wednesday, though, Gw had the day off and we all (except P) went to Disneyland Paris. It was hot and sunny, but not as hot as during the heat wave. The kids, I think, loved it. I love seeing the kids getting all excited. There was a bit of panic at the end of the day when a couple of phone batteries ran down and because we had split, there was a moment of not knowing where the others were. But we all were found. The kids were exhausted. The park's closing finale, a light show on the castle with fireworks, was beautiful and everyone managed to get back to the cars and back home, safe and sound. Cl drove back to England the next day.

The house is back in order. The sweater that Au and I started to knit is almost finished. I'll deliver it at the end of September. The summer top I made myself and wore in July, I took apart and reknit, smaller and better fitting. With the leftover yarn, I was able to make a smaller version for Co!