It's starting to feel like home already! The Bogey family who own the house have really gone out of their way to help us get settled and feel welcome, including looking after Max whilst we packed up the last place and looking after Luke whilst I went to the supermarché.
The Bogeys live next door - Catherine is a nurse, Eric a furniture maker and they have three children aged 23, 21 and 18, who have all recently flown the nest. They have lived in this region of France all of their lives and speak hardly any English. This is great for us as it means we're getting to speak French every day. I actually can't believe how quick I'm improving - I'm even doing little shoulder shrugs and saying huh all the time!
Max seems to be a bit confused by the new language though, as every time Catherine speaks to him he puts his hands over his ears! I'm pretty sure it's because he's frustrated that he can't understand her. She's determined that he'll be speaking French soon though, and has got him saying merci, jouet and toute à l'heure.
So here's some piccies of the house. It's a bit smaller than what we're used to, but it's absolutely immaculate and will do us just fine - nice and cosy. Most of the furniture you will see has been made by Eric!
On the ground floor:
lovely big porch/dumping ground
La cuisine
La salle à manger/le salon
le salon/le bureau
As you can see the kitchen, dining room, living room and office are actually all one room!
la chambre de Stu, Rach et Luke
la bouanderie
Couldn't get a decent pic of the first floor bathroom.
On the second floor:
la chambre de Lily
La chambre de Max
Max scored for the biggest and best room, as it's doubling up as a playroom whilst Stu works downstairs during the day. Luke will also be moving up there if he ever sleeps through the night.
la salle douche
Et la pièce de résistance
le balcon
Check out the awesome mountain view!
We've got a busy weekend ahead - bed linen shopping, swimming in lakes, dinner chez les Americaines. It's a good job that Catherine made me put my feet up all this afternoon in a sun lounger whilst Luke slept in his pushchair under a tree and Max played in the garden...I think I'm going to like it here!
No comments:
Post a Comment