train trip

40 degrees in Paris between trains

Paris Gare de St Lazarre (in the tiny and only air conditionned area)

Paris metropolitain

the bar in the "TGV"

Paris Gare de Lyon

school work

all was booked in advance and planned, first a car trip to Paris with uncle and great grandma, then lunch in Paris, then a quick tour to show the boys the essentials (eiffel tower, Notre dame, Assemblee Nationale...), then catch up with a friend where we stay for the night. Next morning my friend dropped us off in Gare de Lyon and we jumped into the TGV to Geneva.
well it all happened like that but with lots of little problems that made it all very interesting I would say!
1- Marco couldn't walk
2- I hurt my back loading the car the very first morning
3- my phone was running out of credit and battery
4- a big heat wave made a very hot experience...

we made it all and on time and we even enjoyed our time catching up with Ursula and Giuseppe with their , oh so welcome, outdoor 30 degrees pool... and very cool house and air conditionned car!

we caught up as well with our other swiss family, Isabelle, Gaspard and Vincent in lovely old Lausanne that we wnet for a short walk aroud the old pedestrian streets in the morning.

and finally the cherry on the cake on the way back: imagine a friday afternoon beginning of summer holidays in Paris in one of the major train station with 40 degrees in the shade... we were in it! crazy parisians!

thank god for cousin Dorothee and her Mum and sister with who we had a catch up between train in their air conditionned "salad bar" nearby Gare St Lazarre. Like Dorothee said "it's only 2 min walking from the train station". it became a 15 min walk in the heat with 2 very hot and tired little boys dragging the suicases...

by the way the suitcases took on weight in CH after aunty Ursula and uncle giuseppe gave the boys the 2 floating scooters and the water guns to play in the pool....

as I said we made it and we were very happy with our trip...