Bordeaux

Shaun had to shoot over to Bordeaux for a few days.... (he didnt' take very interesting pics)

I went to this coolpottery village about an hr away from Aix, had great pottery, defintely a place to go back to and get some nice stuff to bring home.

We have some friends turning up next week, then more in July, then we are off to London for a week.. Can't wait to go into a pharmacy and BE UNDERSTOOD!!!!!

Les Baux

Sorry, We haven't really been doing anything that exciting lately... Our weekends seem to fill up, but we dont' go anywhere!!! We had Greg Rawson come and stay for a few days at the end of May and went up to Les Baux..

Monaco

I was "finally" allowed to have a child-free weekend at the start of May and jetted off to Monaco with 4 other Eurocopter widows!!! Had a great time....

Monaco all set up for the Grand Prix

Typical Street

"The Girls" Sari, Me, Linda, Tab & Jenneke

Wicked View

Prince Rainers Grave

Couldn't resist a pic under this!!!!

Corsica

Well,we survived our first camping trip with Maia...JUST!!!! she didn't really enjoy it much and it was quite hard to toddler proof the tent!!! I also got sick on teh way over so had a wicked headcold the whole time... but corsica was still an amazing place...

We arrived at the Ferry a bit early, only to find our ship was delayed another hour.. which meant we had to wait in the queue for about 4 hours!!!!! There was alot of "Maia entertaining" going on.

Entertaining.....

More entertaining..........

As above

Finally on the "Love Boat".. Shaun and Maia leaving Marseille

Maia in our cabin.

Our camp site

Heidi & Maia on the beach

Shaun and Maia.. Calvi Beach (100M from the camp ground)

Maia in her sand chair!!!

Me on top of Calvi

Shaun and M

Heidi & Maia at the St Florent Citadel

Us in Ajaccio

Shauns Adventures

Shaun has been getting out and about and leaving his Wife and Daughter at home!!! hahaha..

Paris for ANZAC Day

Shaun with his 9 Euro Glass of Beer.. ($18 NZD!!!!!) and this was one of the cheapest.. There are places on the main drag that sell beer for 14 Euro's!!!!

Off to a soccer match with Brad (an Aussie pilot) and Marty (when he was over a couple of weeks ago)

April

We have had a busy month....but things are still going well.. Been here about 6 months now!!!!!

Marty and Vonny came over for a week with Enya and Moya. We had great weather which made their stay just great!!!

We brought a new tent for our trip to Corsica in a couple of weeks...

Shaun and Marty playing ... (hell I can't spell it, but you know what it is)!!!

We went out for dinner in Aix. Shaun and I had been to this restuarant before so we took Marty and Vonny there but it was a disapointment this time!

M&V

Us

First Family Ride

We had our first family ride today.... Maia wasn't too keen on ALL the bumps!!! We are not sure if her bike seat is meant for Mountain Biking!!!! Hahahaaaaa

Games, Games and More Games

The guys had a few hours to kill before the headed back to NZ so a the good old national game of France was played (Well that is what you would think when you see it being played in soooo many villages)

GP, Shaun, Steve and Pete!!!

Arles - Les Baux & Glanum

On the 11th March we did a ticky tour around Arles/Les Baux de Provence/Glanum and back down the coast. Sorry these have taken so long to get onto the blog.

CARRO BEACH

Maia on the beach at Carro

Loving the sand

Ewwwwwwwwwww It's in my toes!!!!

View of the beach

As above

GLANUM

I can't find my notes on Glanum, but from memory it was discovered by this guy in 1921 and has been being excavated ever since. It dates back to 2000BC (??) I think. It was just amazing walking around it.

View as you walk in

As above

Me & M

Shaun and Maia take it all in from the viewpoint.

Shaun and Maia down at the water. It was amazing to think of people years and years ago walking down the same steps.

Walking through the ruins.

Roman Gutters!!!!

Maia in what we think would have been a sink or bath??

and again......

Prior to 1921, this was the only visable part of the city (and it was actually over the road). Everyone thought that this was all that was left of it.

LES BAUX DE PROVENCE

This place is just amazing!!!!!

A wicked waterfall on the way

A view of the village. (Thats it up behind the rocks)

This door used to be the ONLY entrance to the village.

Me in front of the door...

One fo the old streets - I just happened to take the pic as this old lady with 2 walking sticks came around the corner.

Shaun and Maia

An old ruin.

ARLES.

Well we went to Arles.. but no pics were taken!!!!!