Time out!

Mid-term break in France around the All Saints' Day public holiday. 10 days off school!

The Girards went south - together for a whole 6 days (well, of course we didn't take the Sundays off! Too many commitments!! Before you write to us about BURNOUT - it's ok.)

Thank God for Christian brothers and sisters. One such couple has decided to rent out their little holiday home to Christian workers for whatever we can afford to pay. So we had a lovely sunny autumnal time at Collobrières, near Toulon.

 No TV! No computer connection! Lots of sleep, family games and READING! Yes, all 5 of us finished at least one book!!! Jokes, conversation, one meal out, eating yummy chestnut and cognac ice-cream (it's an area which produces chestnuts and has a processing plant there in the village).

The boys slept out in a tent - best solution against snoring and smelly socks!

We even visited Saint Tropez, playground of the rich and famous. Pretty village, but everyone was there to be seen and we weren't inspired by the materialistic climate there.

We didn't get a sun tan, but we returned refreshed and ready to attack Christmas preparations and winter. 

Thank you, Lord, for holidays!