I appologize for the delay in info...but it has gotten busy over here! Monday and Tuesday Honorine and I went to the tiny village where her sister and mom live. It was a 3 hour drive south through flat wheat fields. The town has 2 streets and a population of less than 50. Her sister lives in a huge old farm house with her husband and 3 young boys (soooo cute!). The youngest one has just started walking! They have a cocker spaniel that just had 2 puppies, hens, a donkey, and sheep. The boys ride around on the donkey like its a horse! Everything was so cute and exactly how you would imagine a small rural French village.
On Monday we went to meet her mom and then went searching through the vineyards to find the rest of the family. They were all there for a week doing the 'vendange' or wine harvest. We finally found them after driving 2 hours through the beautiful hills and small villages, getting lost a few times.
Then we spent the afternoon with her sister's family. The oldest boy (5) Francois said his numbers for me in English! We finished with a big dinner (we have dinner around 9 or 10) at Hono's mom's house...delicous!
The next day we took the 2 older boys to the bus stop where they wait in a little wodden 'house' for the bus with all the neighborhood kids. We did some shopping until the hunt for the family in the vineyards began again! Since it was the last day, there is a tradition to decorate the van with wildflowers and then parade around the town honking the horn. They decorated our car too and we all drove around to celebrate the end of the harvest!
Hono with some champaigne grapes!
Hono's sister picking flowers for the cars.
The Van decorated.
After the parade, everyone had some coffee (it was cold out there) and took home some champaigne from the vineyard. If you see this bottle (first picture) in a store somewhere I am very interested at how much it costs state-side. At the harvest the bottles were only 12euro!
It was such a great trip and I got to see an entire different region of France, and experience a bit of the country life. I also got a chance to be with a big family here which was the best part...everyone was so nice and happy and we had a lot of fun!
Interesting TV note: Cedric and Hono LOVE Grey's Anatomy so we watched the "new" season premier which is actually 1 or 2 seasons behind the US (for translating and dubbing). The greatest part is that they show it with only one commercial break in the middle AND they show 3 new episodes in a row. Its so cool because you don't have to wait a whole week for the next show!
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