After the vernissage of Alexis we went for the weekend at the beach, in the town of Chatelaillon Plage, with our friends Gaëlle and Mika and their two small children, Germain and Martin.

The weather was not very good but we enjoyed to relax, to make sand castle on the beach and we even fished some clams, something that Carol had never done in her life.

Carol took all the wild blueberries she had picked during our last bike ride and she made a delicious homemade blackberry jam. She’s inspired here in France because lately she has experienced several new things in the kitchen.

We visited Audrey, a friend of Alexis that almost lives on a farm, as she has a lot of animals: horse, pony, chickens, duck, quail, dog, cat, guinea pig…

And we also visited the couple, Christophe and Paméla, who were at our wedding in Rio, where they produced their first child, the super cute Clemént.

We continued our bike rides, but this time in the woods near the small town of where Alexis’s mother lives. We met on our way horses, cows, beautiful flowers and beautiful lush green reflections in the water.

Last Friday was the day of Alexis’ acoustic concert, in the town bar called Chamboul’tou. Before the show we had an aperitif with friends at Celine and Dan and then we went all together to the show.

Alexis sung in French, English, portugues and Spanish rocked all night. Every time Alexis plays there it’s craziness!

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We had a very good time that night, thank you to Tony of the Chamboul’tou! For the first time Carol sung alongs with Alexis and with an audience!

Then on Saturday we spent the day at the home of Mika and Gaëlle helping with preparations for the baptism of their youngest son, Martin. Carol used all her inspiration to do some finger food and spent the day having fun in the kitchen.

On Sunday we went to the ceremony in a beautiful and huge church, that impressed to be in a town of just 3,700 inhabitants, and there was a beautiful choral playing. Then we all went to a big family lunch to celebrate the occasion, everything in the good French style. It will be difficult to leave France.

Now we are waiting for Carol’s mother to arrive to start our sightseeing plan.