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jeudi 8 juin 2023

When you are grandparents!

The Mexican boat, my favourite arrived in Rouen Armada

( source internet Normandy tourism)
They are arriving in Rouen!
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These cardboard toys are 1,42 m



 Hello Friends, this morning 8 I went to my MRI , I will got results on Monday and this afternoon I have to go to the garage  to have my car updates.

I am having a look at second hand baby items for Maxime’s arrival and got a chair on internet from grandparents living in my village. They will add many free items and tomorrow afternoon I will got a baby cooking device to another village close to mine.

And grandpa bought these three big cardboard toys 

A rocket, a castle and a log cabin! Grandma will have to color all three before Maxim’s arrival!

We will organise a stay in a Safari park in Normandy!
Where we used to go with our children and maybe stay two days in a lodge close to the lions.


The Tall ships are arriving in Rouen , the bridge was opened all night and it starts this weekend during 10 days. This is called the “Armada”

I hope you spend a nice sunny weekend!

Thi is the chair I am going to fetch.


lundi 15 mai 2023

Tall ships 🛳️ meeting soon in Rouen.


 Hello Friends,

Yesterday. Was a sunny day, but today it will be cold and windy ,so no sitting outside in my new recliner 😞.

My husband did quite a lot of work in the garden!
I had my son ans little Maxime on Skype yesterday.
They went to the outdoor sky pool of their residence and Maxime met a friend from the kindergarten.

Next week our son will fly to Florida for his work, Before the pandemic I could see him more when he was going to their office in London
He took the train from London to Paris to visit us for the weekend and then flew back from Paris.

Within two or three weeks there will be the Tall ships meeting in Rouen ( more than 40 Tall ships) but I don’t know if I will be well ent to go. It is every 4 years and it is very crowded and there is a very long walk on the river’s banks.Many traffic jams and I have seen them many times when my parents lived by the river Seine.
We also did a cruise with the children at the end of the meeting from Rouen to Le Havre on a Tall ship.
This is nice for those who live in Rouen to see the daily fireworks and night concert for the youngest.
My daughter lives on the heights of Rouen, so they are going daily.
There are sailors parades through the town and music. If you have the opportunity to come in Rouen it will be «  the place to be »! 😆  8 June to 18 June in Normandy Rouen!
I wish you a nice week!




jeudi 7 juillet 2022

Summer Armada, Tall ships in Rouen.

In 335 days the Armada ( tall ships) will take place again in Rouen!
When the children were younger and still with us we did a cruise from Rouen to Le Havre all the way down the river Seine and under the bridges on this tall ship «  Mir » it was a beautiful experience and a nice day, something you only do once in your life. 
( source net)

Before I was living in a village by the river Seine and each four years we gathered with our picnic on the river banks to see the tall ships come up or down the river and listen to the sailor’s songs.
( source net)
This is our favourite the Mexican one.( source net)
The opening bridge in Rouen
We used to go very early with the children to visit the ships before the crowd and get their stamps on a special book.

This one was not in Rouen but I took the picture in Brittany in Saint Malo.

Every evening there is a fire work above the river.

 This is the Mexican one « Cuauthemoc »
It is a nice event we enjoy to go each 4 years!
I know the tall ships are going to other countries, I saw some in Bergen( Norway) once  are they going to your country?


A family outing

Hello friends! Another quick Hello 🙋‍♂️  Today by a dry and very hot weather we went to visit the castle and its garden. It was so hot !🥵 ...