Our week with grandma

Grandma came and stayed with us for a week. We did lots of stuff when she was here.
In Belvés we went to Cafe de la Paris. They were doing a special dinner for the locals. They had a good band there so we danced. Bob, who cooks at the cafe, cooked a big paella for everyone. Grandma made some friends with some of the locals. Daddy, Kian and I had to go home early so we could go to bed, 10.30, but mummy and grandma stayed and danced till after midnight.

The tables set up outside the cafe

Bob, the cook and our friend

We licked our ice cream lids for Gerard (my uncle) because he hates it

We went to La Roque Gageac, where we went on a Norbert Gaberre - a Gaberre is a type of boat. The Norbert goes along the Dordogne river. There was lots of canoes on the Dordogne river. We have been canoeing twice.

From the Norbert

The village of La Roque Gageac

We also went to Brantôme. We stopped in Perigueux for a picnic lunch by the river. In Brantôme there is an old abbey from the year 769. Under the abbey there was caves. In one of the caves there was a big sculpture. We went through the abbey and then we got changed for dinner. We had dinner at Le Moulin de L'Abbaye. It was next to the river and it was a very fancy restaurant. While dinner was on, Kian and I went and watched some people on boats fighting. One person on each boat stands up and they try and knock the person on the other boat off.

Picnic lunch in Perigueux

The abbey of Brantôme

Changed for dinner

Le Moulin de L'Abbaye

The boat fights

There was a medieval festival in Belvés on the 11th August. Kian and I dressed up as medieval people. There was stilt walkers - a red one, blue one and a purple one. They threw papers out and danced. And then we went to a show with people dressed up as birds and they danced in long pieces of material. One of the birds came up to me and tried to peck me. Once this dance had finished, we went to a real bird show with eagles and owls. Then we went back and got a slushie because it was really hot. Then it was time to have dinner. After dinner we watched a fire show which was very exciting!

Kian and I got our faces painted

The stilt walkers

the people from the bird dance

Me having a go at what the bird dance did

At night time the stilt walkers changed their costumes and had lights

The fire show

And then it was time for Grandma to go home. We drove her to Bordeaux to catch the train. Before she left we went on the Petite Train around Bordeaux to see all the sites. There was lots of sculptures around the city, and there was a big water mirror - the biggest in the world. Kian and I got to run through it. It was lots of fun. Then we stayed in Bordeaux for the night.

One of the sculptures made up of letters

The water mirror

The water started spraying out of the ground

And then we were running through a giant puddle

Saying goodbye to grandma at the train station in Bordeaux

 Thanks grandma for coming, we loved having you here!

Au revoir!!

Kayla