We leave our fantastic place at the banks of the Cher at 8:30, after a final dip crossing the river and even seeing Chenonceau while swimming.
It’s a 2 hour drive to Pérassay, we pass French villages and follow back roads. Zeno peed again in the tent, so we surrender and stop at a supermarket to buy some diapers after a full year of life without diapers.
We arrive at 10:45 in Pérassay, where Tiny, Jan, Guido, and Valerie await us with coffee and apple pie. Vanya and Aaron spend the full morning in the pool.
And that’s exactly how the next days look like: pool dips and food feasts follow each other. It’s 35 degrees, so the pool is a fantastic place to be. The kids get along super well, and the parents and grand parents as well.
We sleep in a tent without outer layer, so we can watch the stars, but this also means that the bright moonlight wakes us at 4:30.
On Tuesday, we have a lunch at a Libanese restaurant and visit a next door musée traditional, about rural life in the area. Olga passes by carglass as it seemed we have a star in our front car window, but it turns out to be an old star, repaired last year, and the technician confirms it’s all still fine and we should not touch it.
The rest of the time is spent in the garden, Zeno is fascinated by all ants, beetles, and grasshoppers hopping around. Cleo learns to dive and picks up toys from the bottom of the pool. The kids go to sleep at 22:30 and wake up at 8 to continue eating and playing. It’s paradise.
On Wednesday, we leave at 8:30 to cross France one more time. We have a 6 hour drive ahead of us to make it to Calais, from where the train to the UK will leave on Thursday morning. We take pitstops every 2 hours. Zeno sleeps 5 out of the 6 hours and Cleo one.
When we arrive at the coast north of Boulogne sur Mer, we do some final groceries and arrive at our campsite at 16:30. It’s a super municipal, with a big playground for the kids and a cooking station and bike repair stuff for cyclist. There are many Belgians too.
We set up the tent and head to the beach for a refreshing dip in the Channel. The sea is a lot cooler than the pool, and the waves make a fun play, so we feel totally fresh again.
