So today marks our first week finished in Provence and our 3rd of 5 weeks on the trip. It's amazing how quickly the trip has gone. Highlights of this week (according to Steve): 1. Kids finished first week at camp. The kids were very nervous at the start, being the only English kids in with the local French kids, but as the week went on it got a lot better. Sophia has made a friend named Julie. Julie even stuck up for Sophia when the other kids were making ...

Last night we went to an amazing horse show at a local stable. The kids really enjoyed it. There were lots of younger kids doing performances including standing on the horses. They want to go again. We are hoping to go see the running of the Bulls. The kids are enjoying their camp-today was water day and tomorrow they do a field trip. Today Steve and Jenn cycled up the famous Mt Ventoux-famous for the Tour de France. It was a fun 21k cycle up the mountain. As usu...

Yesterday the kids started their French day camp with the locals. Sophia is with 9-10 yr olds and Diminis with 5-6 yr old. We have started a nice routine where Jenn and Steve wake up first and have coffee and biscotti, then kids wake up and we all have breakfast outside on the terrace. After dropping kids off at camp, we head out cycling for a few hours. Once we pick up the kids, we head to our pool before having a late dinner. All very relaxing. La belle Proven...

We arrived yesterday at our villa in St-Remy. It is a very nice house with a pool. Today we went into town and did some shopping at the market (bought local honey, bread, jam, macaroons, and biscotti) and then came house to do some swimming. Unfortunately I (Sophia) jumped into the shallow end and hurt my knee. We also got a snorkel and inflatable tube to play with. That's good because it has been really hot here

Words cannot describe the run! And pictures don't capture it. All we can say is the views were breathtaking (and scary at times) and the climbing was HARD. Running with altitude up to 3200m was a bit tough and felt little light headed at the summit. Although we did different races we both ran up a similar mountain that had peak after peak along the ridge. I was actually a bit surprised with the amount of power walking as opposed to running but given the mountain...