Happy May Day. Here May 1 is labor day so it's a holiday and no one works. We spent the afternoon with one of the two Luxembourgish families that we are friends with. (The term 'friends' being used rather loosely) Ronny and Maggie Wies (veese) with kids Max 12 and twins Lisa and Julia 8. We went up north to Echternach where there's a little lake. We took a walk around it which was about a mile long. All the while the kids kicked the soccer ball around and threw a baseball back and forth as we walked. It was Max's first time to use a baseball and mitt! The soccer ball inevitably ended up in the lake. Luckily we waited and it finally floated across to where we could reach it. We saw the usual ducks and geese but we also found a whole ton of tadpoles which was fun for Guillaume because we just learned about the life cycle of a frog. At the end of the walk there was a playground area and the kids played until the rain finally came to stay. It's not a great picture of the kids but I thought the whole structure was interesting. It is actually a swing that spins. Considering the Wies kids can be a little rambunctious, all went well and everyone was well behaved - no episodes.
Well that was today in a nutshell.
Guillaume would like to share that he has a loose tooth. It started the other day and he is working on it so hard it should fall out any day now!
Patrice and I are planning our next move. Any suggestions on where to live?! Luxembourg weather is not the greatest and cold climate can make for a cold culture and cold people. I might also go as far as saying a small country makes for small minds. That's a little mean though!! (but relatively true)
HOpe you have a great week.
Jocelyn