After the rather damp start to yesterday, we were pleased to awake to another glorious sunny morning. The boys [and Naomi] had decided to spice up their holiday with a visit to the near-by “Le Parc Acro”, a tree-top adventure playground with rope climbing, abseiling and other such activities. You can read about their adventures on Oliver’s blog [www.olivershingler.co.uk]but if you want a quieter time stick with me.
Victoria decided that as she had not driven in France this holiday this would be a good opportunity, so while Sylvia and Helena had a quiet day around the cottages, I went into Falaise with Victoria and the children. First stop was lunch at “Le Gars de Falaise”, a lovely little restaurant set on the square in the centre of the town.
I had the plat de jour, an interesting dish that looked like haggis and chips but I don’t think was[I missed the name given to it by the waiter – any suggestions?].
We sat outside on tables surrounded by what seemed like predominantly British voices, with the wind picking up slightly. This resulted in several glasses being blown over and smashing on the floor much to the amusement of Poppy and Joseph.
After lunch we took the short walk across town to the intriguingly titled “Museum of Window Actors”, a celebration of the animated models that graced the shop windows of the Parisian stores leading up to Christmas between 1920 and the early 50’s. After a short introductory film we were led into a small but very well presented mock-up of the streets of Paris and over 300 automated models doing their thing. From seafarers feeling a little sea-sick…….
to Aladdin and his magic lamp.
The children were absolutely fascinated even though they had just spent three days in Disney and Joey couldn’t wait to get up close and personal.
Poppy loved this depiction of a dance marathon with a large lady spinning around a much thinner man.
She also suggested that this model resembled our next door neighbour “Uncle Roger”, I’ll find out what he thinks when we get home.
Another great visit and it made a change visiting a museum and not being reminded about wars.
Oh, and by the way , Victoria’s driving was superb before anyone comments!!
Only one more day left before the journey home.
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