5 day weekend

Ollie and Marie at home earlier that morning.

I can't remember why, but last Wednesday and Thursday were public holidays. Friday they closed the factory, so it was a compulsory 5 day weekend. We stayed in Béziers  and visited Carcassonne, the Canal du Midi and the area.

Day 1: snuck out of work at 3.15, got home, tried to pack quickly, including getting the bikes on the bike rack, then pick up the kids from school. I didn't do a great job, so each hour we stop to straighten the bikes up a bit.

No herbicides, or any chemicals at this farm. Nice for the kids.

After 5 odd hours (Google says 3.5) due to traffic, we meet the landlady in the dark on a deserted road, just outside Béziers.

Marie's beautiful new Motorbecane and Louis's green Puky.

The farmhouse is beautiful, built smack on the road, with a tall, long side wall. When we open the shutters on the window in the bedroom, it opens into the laneway. Start sleep at 11.30, v. tired. We squish 10 supersize mosquito looking insects that are slow, fragile and so gay. Every time we try to work out the front door and it's lock, 3 more fly in.

Rolling into home for the weekend in Béziers.

Greenhouses with tomatos and big spinach.