Wednesday in France equals no school! Which I think is a brilliant idea, although it means a long day with Aurore and Louis for me, which can be very tiring. Today Caroline took the children and I along with Louis' girlfriend of three years Jeanne, to the Foire du Trône which is a large 'show' that is in the Bois de Vincennes for the month of May (the huge park a couple of streets away from our house) there were lots of familiar rides, but also some I have never...

Tuesday was my first 'normal' day as an au aupair - the family were all up and gone before I got up, feeling horrible after being sick during the night, I managed to catch Caroline's bug :(, and literally feeling homesick - it's amazing how being sick can instantly make me feel like a little girl and want my Mummy! Felt much better after a phone call to home and slept on the couch for most of the morning and watched The Aristocats, the perfect medicine! I felt m...

Unfortunately for Caroline, but somewhat fortunate for me in the end, she was up all of Saturday night being sick, so she didn't go to work on Monday which meant that she could show me how everything works in more detail, and come with me to pick up Louis and Aurore from school. It was very cute picking Louis up as he was very excited to see me and show me off to his teacher and friends (apparently I had been his news from the weekend) the fact that I don't speak...

Even though Sunday morning began early, Louis' excited talking followed by 'Shhhhhh!' woke me up around seven, I felt much better and less like a zombie after some sleep and was excited to see how everything looked in daylight! Breakfast was baguette with butter and a cup of black tea, and after a much needed shower and Louis showing me every game in his cupboard, I took Aurore and Louis (well they took me, I had no idea where to go) to the park for a play. It is...

After far too many hours of flying it felt amazing even to change my clothes, have a quick 'baby-wipe shower' and find somewhere to sit and eat while I waited for the check in for my Paris flight to open. I ate bruchetta with tomato and drank a huge cup of tea in a fancy little cafe while fantasising about all the different people I will have met and new places I will have seen when I am here again in 7 months on my way home. I love the sense of freedom and choic...