I have been quiet for a while, partly trying to cope with the fruit and nuts and also taking some time off. As I work from home and spend most of my day it seems in front of a computer, that holiday time did include being banned from switching my computer on apart from doing a bit of internet banking.
So how did I fill my 10 days off (including 2 weekends - it really wasn't a long break at all)?
Well, we went to Futuroscope for a day, which is about 2 hours drive south from here, and we made sure we went on a weekday and outside of school holidays. Once we had checked into our hotel, we hit the park and did 11 rides and attractions before getting tired and needing to eat, after which we watched the evening show and retired to our hotel. I am not a theme park person but it was superb. We built up from reclining in comfy armchairs to watch a projection of planets on a domed screen, through walking through a hi-tech hall of mirrors, going up on the Gyroscope, to a white knuckle ride through the Vienne department on a variety of vehicles, to an even more white knuckle ride showing an ecologically sound speed race 100 years in the future.
For details of Futuroscope follow this link.
We went on to our favourite hotel in Brive la Gaillarde for a night - for more details follow this link.
Then we had a relaxing four days at home, dealing with the mason, chopping down a hedge, finding tiles, collecting nuts - stuff like that, before heading off for another weekend, but this time at the sea. We haven't downloaded the photos yet, but the Brittany coast when it is blowing a gale is fabulous. We stayed at this hotel and had a jolly nice time, including breakfast outdoors on the terrace on Sunday morning, watching the tide go out.
However, now I am back at work, in front of the coputer and feeling that I must take some time out to set up the heating in my office before I freeze!
Having just discovered your blog, I missed you! Looking forward to seeing more photos of your break.
Posted by: Anne Donald | 27 October 2009 at 07:05 PM