New friends

Sunday
This is our first full day at home with our new friends, we felt very spoilt when we awoke to a gourmet breakfast and news that we would venture to the local markets to collect supplies for later in the day. The markets were very interesting with Myriam secretly purchasing many ingredients for lunch later in the day. When we arrived back home it was time for lunch preparations, at this point you could have knocked us over with a feather when we saw Myriam cooking the BBQ, Judy was busy crossing herself while Andrew reached for anything sedating, this was very unusual for us and we explained that in Australia the roles are reversed. Of course this led to other interesting points of order such as two women sharing the same kitchen, Judy loves to cook and so does Myriam so an informal contract was quickly agreed upon with cooking taking place on a day about basis, just as had happened in Racheles’ kitchen where there had also been a great deal of laughter, stories and recipes exchanged. At lunch we again enjoyed Julie and Ann’s company, sharing a warm summer’s afternoon. After lunch Luc and Myriam led us up to St Hillier a very small local ski station visible from the front of the house. It is here that the local para gliders and hang gliders launch into the crystal clear alpine air. The boys enjoyed this location scaring mum at every opportunity by going as close as their bravery would allow to the drop offs and trying to encourage her to look down at the ridiculously steep funicular railway which services the station.