So the kids have got so used to the French way of life even their expressions are French, you know, tone of voice, eating habits etc.. Mind you, the eating bit is good. I hear stories about the English school canteen service, and what they serve, chips mainly, and the French way does appear to be a lot healthier. Ok, so it's quite expensive, but worth it. They get a 4 course meal; starter, main course, cheese or dairy product and dessert or fruit, and they are very varied and typically french meals. I could never imagine English schools serving up black pudding, offal, beef tongue, mussels and things like that, (although apart from the mussels I wouldn't eat it either, shhh, don't tell the kids!). But it is good that they try these things, and they actually enjoy it, trouble is I keep getting bamboozled into cooking exotic dishes you'd normally only eat at a restaurant!
Last October we decided it was time to take the plunge and visit the family in the UK. Not that we hadn't wanted to before but we had a food store before moving to the Vendee and it was open 7/7 and 364/365, (excluding Christmas Day), so we never really got the chance. And since living here we have been so busy working and renovating the gite & house, that time just slipped past. Anyway, we finally went back there, ooh the kids were so excited, they were going back to their roots!
We drove to Calais and stayed in a Hotel the night to get the ferry the next morning. That in itself was an adventure for the kids, the first time, (that they can remember), ever being on a ferry boat. As you can imagine, we didn't get much sleep that night due to giggling children who didn't want to go to sleep, so we arrived at the port 2 hours early, bleary eyed, and got an earlier boat. I'm not sure what they were expecting to see on the other side of the Channel, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't what they were expecting. In fact, it was pretty hard to see anything due to the rain & fog, "This is England, kids, what do you think so far?". To which I got no comment..............
PS. Thanks to Aji for dropping in and leaving a lovely comment.
No comments:
Post a Comment