A beautiful Sunday in October deserves a lazy do what pleases you kind of day. This is one of the reasons I love France, even though I realize it probably won't last; they take their Sundays off. Most stores are not open, most restaurants are not open (or open only for dinner), families get together and take walks, or visit friends or have dinner. We did all of these things today. I took a long walk along the Seine, toward the suburb of Neuilly, crossing a bridge to the other side and walking back through the Parc de l'Ile de Jatte.
After nap time the whole family walked. Just across the river from their apartment is a nice little park, with play spaces for small children and a basketball court for the larger ones. It was quite windy, and Juliet had lots of fun blowing bubbles and chasing after them, but what she really liked was watching the big guys play basketball. Apparently she watches them every time she goes to the park. I imagine we'll be visiting it often the next few weeks.
Back to the apartment for a visit with one of Jeanne's friends. She brought delicious treats (now that's a good guest) plus gifts for James and Juliet (I reiterate...). After her visit we Skyped with Tom, bathed two kids, ate dinner, put Juliet to bed, did some dishes, checked our emails and the latest news, blogged, made granola and bolognese spaghetti sauce, read books, sorted laundry and went to bed. All in all a very satisfying, very relaxing, very family-oriented, very French Sunday.
Tomorrow Matthew is back to work and Juliet back to school, leaving Grandma, Jeanne and James to fend for themselves. It will be wonderful to have some extended time with James, and maybe allow Jeanne some good alone-time for herself.
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