Lily's class went to the Musée d'art contemporain this morning, accompanied by their teacher Lisianne (standing in the white lab coat) and myself. We saw two exhibitions and then had a lovely workshop in one of their superb sunlit studios, overlooking the Place des Arts esplanade.
Mommy is not the only one creating works of art in a Museum ! :-)
We didn't start rehearsal this morning until 11 so I had time for a walk. I passed through walkway after walkway of magnificent trees. I think these are plane trees. Am I right?
We have two windows in our little attic room; one the tiny one you saw from the outside, the other a big skylight. It is very nice to wake up to the bright sky in the morning. This morning we also woke up to a cement mixer right outside. They seem to be fixing things all over the city. No sign of the recession!
In the absence of our most enthusiastic food appreciator (maman Rachel, on tour in Spain), the proposed meals still try to impress the discerning tastebuds of the remaining bunch. Here on the picture, a variation on Jamie Oliver's experimental duck-with-pomegranate warm salad... which managed to provoke a few favorable grunts later on.
This is the view (Front and back) of our marvelous B+B in Vitoria - Los Arquilos. Our front door is in behind the first archway in the front view and Casey and my little window is the tiny white box second from the end at the back, just under the eve.
Ah, enfin, c'est lundi et c'est le VRAI premier jour d'école de Lily (la maternelle). Les enfants font la file dans la cour de l'école Paul-Bruchési, à dix minutes de marche ou vélo de la maison.
Deuxième visite (demi-journée seulement) à l'école de Lily.
... or is it just one little girl kicking some sand in the general direction of her little cousin?
"Who are these two giant girls, anyway??"
Rachel et les fillettes retirent deux branches pourries de notre cher Catalpa. .JPG)
Et dire que j'ai manqué cette belle fête chez Paul-Antoine à cause d'un stupide rhume qui m'a cloué au lit... enfin... mes trois amours en ont bien profité!
I will have to let Eric comment on these pictures as I was not there... After a rather short evening together when I arrived in Paris on Thursday night I was off again to the theatre for the whole following day. Eric and the girls amused themselves in the great monuments of france accompanied in part by Eric's friend Denis and his dog (who I think was much more interesting to the girls than any stone building).
