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Chateau-Gontier Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chateau-Gontier, France
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France Day 19 - Chillin'
This is a top pick! Short and sweet. A lazy day today. Starts with a walk to la boulangerrie as usual. Today marks the end of Ella's discipline, and we celebrate with a morning of sugary treats! Slept in, ... played tennis (Asher wins again! Yay!) ..., movie night for ...
France Day 1 - Arrival!
This is a top pick! ... than Guenola of course) have been English speaking. Its crazy. Just as evening comes, I take the bike out for a ride. Chateau-Gontier is a nice town. Small, with several historic buildings and churches, about six bakeries that I've seen so far. We've ...
France Day 28 - The last day ...
This is a top pick! As we roll out of bed, it begins to sink in that today is our LAST DAY here in Chateau-Gontier. So sad. ... We definately have some very exciting things coming up on the last two legs of our journey ... but we will be ending our time in this small town in ...
France Day 20 - Not your average day of Chillin'
This is a top pick! ... ... A very very nice man. And then, he invites us to play some tennis later in the afternoon at his house just outside of Chateau-Gontier in a place called Briace Cottage. "Sure!", I say ... and just like that, we have plans for later this afternoon. I ...
France Day 3 - Bike Ridin'
This is a top pick! ... built around 540 AD. Thats OLD. There, we find a nice playground that we relax at before we make the final stretch back to Chateau-Gontier, where we promptly get some treats at a local bakery. A fresh croissant and a chocolate eclair. Yum. Hey, we rode ...
France Day 26 - Contact!
This is a top pick! ... the day. The kids play happilly. Janice packs and cleans the house a bit. The phone rings, its Sandrine! They have arrived back to France safely and are staying at Frank's mother's home for the next three days. A plan is made to meet at the house at ...
France Day 2 - Settling in ...
This is a top pick! ... . We shall see how they all taste! I'm excited! On the way back home, we find our way to the Tourist Office of Chateau-Gontier and find a very nice guy who speaks English well. We end up chatting for about thirty minutes and gather some maps of the ...
France Day 15 - Recharging the batteries...
This is a top pick! ... Its funny, the first day we showed up, we had come from an extended stay in Pie de Concha in Spain (a town of 400 people), and Chateau-Gontier seemed BIG to us. Now that we've explored most of the city and we've been to some larger cities, ... it feels ...
France Day 13 - Fiesta with the Huets!
This is a top pick! ... so we don't lose them!), and approximately eight goats that can be fed and petted. Its a perfect day here in Chateau-Gontier ... a nice breeze, great temperature, with clouds spotting the sky. Vincent's English has improved tremendously. ... My French ...
France Day 9 - A dinner soiree for the ages...
This is a top pick! ... nearby home for some more hard cider that will be used in the cooking tonight. Olivier was born and raised right here in Chateau-Gontier and his parents are the kindest people you could ever meet. Olivier's brother has an apple orchard, and their parents ...
France Day 7 - Hitting the wall...
This is a top pick! ... playing games on the computer, ... and little things like watching TV in English! hehe... The plan today was to go to a nearby chateau or visit some local mines, but with all of us feeling tired, we've decided to just veg and recharge our batteries. ...
France Day 24 - Heading back 'home'.
This is a top pick! ... later sees a homeless man's dog nearly bite a little boy. Ok. Thats enough Rennes for us. : ) Back in the car to Chateau-Gontier. Fill up the car with gas. Buy some groceries. Blog. Email. ... And a nice phone call with my Grandma Ella thanking ...
France Day 25 - Tennis anyone?
This is a top pick! Back in Chateau-Gontier means a good night's sleep ... a relaxing morning with a walk to la boulangerrie with the kids in the AM ... and of course, TENNIS! Janice kicks my butt AGAIN. 6-3, 6-2. Argh. Back to the house for her to rest with the kids, and ...
France Day 4 - Day of Leisure
This is a top pick! Today I (Janice!) have finally decided to stop being so lazy and write the blog for a change. :) First off I want to say how much I miss and love all my family and friends. Its true, absence does make the heart grow fonder. I woke up this morning to ...
France Day 17 - Tennis, Massage, and relaxing
This is a top pick! Today, we choose once again to stick close to home and enjoy Chateau-Gontier's relaxing pace. A lazy morning is interrupted by a burst of Janice Energy ... she wants to play tennis. NOW. And so we go. The skies look like rain at any minute, but game ...
France Day 27 - Reunited and it feels so good!!
This is a top pick! ... experience and that in the States. It seems that everybody we've spoken to about religion on this trip in both Spain and France has related how much a personal affair it is, spoken of to only very close family. Unlike the Evangelical movement in the ...
France Day 12 - Resting in Chateau-Gontier
This is a top pick! And then, we rested. The kids went off to the Leisure Center today. Janice and I shared a gallette and a crepe at an old-style galletterie in town that we've been meaning to try and then she got a haircut and a pedicure. I blogged, did some work, and ...
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