The weather this summer has been perfect. Most of the days have been in the high 70's to low 80's. Because air-conditioning is rare here, when it gets into the 80's it just isn't very comfortable. A few weeks ago on a day too hot to be comfortable, we decided to venture into the Jura mountains and visit a children's festival in France.
The ride was beautiful. Up and down around and around. Two hours later expecting to find county fair crowds, I'd wondered if we were in the right spot. Instead we found a great parking spot and a lovely French village lined with banners ready to celebrate children. At the end of the street we found a "Charlie Chaplinesque" man playing a piano that moved like a bike. We only got to enjoy a few of his songs, but I'm pretty sure we got the best of the show. He invited people to dance while he played. It was great. Couples in the street dancing while this barefoot piano man played. The children were delighted.
We began looking for the other events-face painting and crafts, but were apparantly too late. We did happen upon this. . .
An open trailer filled with paper-mache people playing really awful band music. The children were allowed to stand in front and conduct the group. Henry spent nearly half an hour pretending he was the conductor. Yikes.We ended our evening like you might expect at a French festival, eating crepes filled with nutella.
A wonderful way to spend a hot evening.
3 comments:
Yum....nutella crepes. This sounds all so wonderful. Who else can say they decided to go into France to go to a children's fair?
suzy, i can just see you dancing! kind of like when we won a backstage pass at disney. remember how drunk you were?? right, diet coke!! good times!!
Suzy! Found your blog! Sounds like you guys are living it up! What a fun adventure for your family!
Becky Nelson
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