Christmas in France

Here’s what I got up to last week:

Travelled to France by ferry on Wednesday night (Portsmouth to St Malo) and the sea was a bit rough but not too bad.
Drove to Marion’s parents Thursday morning and arrived in time for lunch
Marion’s brother and family arrived Friday night
Had an excellent Christmas day and Christmas Eve (French celebrate on the 24th more than on the 25th).
Kids super excited by Christmas and super happy to get their presents from Santa, and also to see their cousins.
I got a whisky, some in-ear headphones for Zwifting, a jumper and some chocolates.
Helped Arthur make a Lego train. Mainly it was finding and sorting bits of Lego but it enabled him to make it in two days so he was super happy.
Helped Emma with her drawing and painting.
Did part of a puzzle.
Had a Zoom call with my parents in England wishing them happy Christmas
Read lots finishing “Every Man for Himself and God Against All” and half of the next book “Whale” by Cheon Myeong-Kwan (very good!)
Watched a lot of the cyclocross via a VPN and Discovery+. MvdP, WvA and TP are back but so far it has been a MvdP masterclass.
Played in the local park with the kids
Went to Christmas eve mass in the village for the children
Ate a lot of delicious food and drank a bit (hardly any really) of wine and beer. Feels really great to not feel groggy the next morning at Christmas time!
The weather here is really mild so Marion’s Dad turned off the heating and put on a nice Christmas fire both Christmas days.

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