For most people going to a restaurant is a great way to relax. Now we're a party of five (two being under two) the very thought of it sends my blood pressure rising. The worries are endless; baby screaming the place down, Max doing monster burps, poop incidents, tantrums, food throwing etc.
However we thought we'd brave it last night and went out for dinner for the first time since we arrived (McDo excluding).
The main problem is that restaurants here don't open til 7pm at the earliest, by which time Max is well on his way to becoming overtired and whingey. We were therefore pretty much banging down the doors of the only Indienne in Aix les Bains at 6:59pm.
The menu was very different to what we're used to in the UK. Not as much choice, multigrain poppadoms, tiny portions,deconstructed onion bhajis and €5 for a bottle of Kingfisher. The food was ok, main courses better than starters but nothing to write home about. Whitley Bay wins hands down for curry!
Havent' quite mastered the art of eating rice while holding a baby
Stu has been getting lots of use out of his mountain bike, mainly cross country (XC) and downhill. And is loving spending so much time with the boys.
Lily is getting used to the long hours at school and seems to be fairly enthusiastic about her work, which makes a change! She is picking up quite a bit of French and can understand a lot of what's being said, but doesn't quite have the confidence to speak it very much. I'm sure that will come though.
We're all looking forward to moving this week and getting settled in our new place. Gonna miss the pool though!
Off to the new place now for café and desserts with the owners ahead of us moving in.
However we thought we'd brave it last night and went out for dinner for the first time since we arrived (McDo excluding).
The main problem is that restaurants here don't open til 7pm at the earliest, by which time Max is well on his way to becoming overtired and whingey. We were therefore pretty much banging down the doors of the only Indienne in Aix les Bains at 6:59pm.
As it happens, les enfants yet again surprised me with their impeccable behaviour in public (it's always a different story behind closed doors) and we had a nice relaxing meal. Helped I'm sure by the super quick service that saw us back in the car heading home by 8:35pm. We might try it again some time!
Havent' quite mastered the art of eating rice while holding a baby
Nom nom
My French is improving loads by just listening to the language every day. I've managed to send a letter to England, order McDo, tell the story about how Stu lost the car (which isn't allowed to be mentioned anymore after I reversed into a wall on Thursday), talk about Luke's sleeping habits and understand a fair amount of Masterchef France. I still manage to get pretty much every blog post title wrong though, and have Stu correct me.
Luke seems to have doubled in size again this week and is officially not a newborn any more :-(
Managed to catch his cheeky grin on camera at last
His usual pose as soon as a camera is pointed in his direction
Stu has been getting lots of use out of his mountain bike, mainly cross country (XC) and downhill. And is loving spending so much time with the boys.
Watching Monsters Inc for the 234,352th time
Lily is getting used to the long hours at school and seems to be fairly enthusiastic about her work, which makes a change! She is picking up quite a bit of French and can understand a lot of what's being said, but doesn't quite have the confidence to speak it very much. I'm sure that will come though.
We're all looking forward to moving this week and getting settled in our new place. Gonna miss the pool though!
Off to the new place now for café and desserts with the owners ahead of us moving in.
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