Well I’m sorry about the massive gaps in my blogging. I
guess my life got interesting…
So 2 weeks ago I had the weekend off because it was a
holiday weekend and the kids did not have school on Monday. So myself and
Colleen who is also from the USA and Micayla from Canada and the Lone Brit
Heather… The four us drove down to Cannes for the weekend.
Those of you who have known me since I was 10 ish… will know
of my mild obsession with George Clooney… I don’t want to brag but I was on the
SAME beach as him, AND I stood on the red carpet he has walked down a bunch of
times. So all and all it was amazing.
We stayed Saturday and Sunday night in this adorable little
apartment in the center of Cannes. We honestly had the best location. Sunday
there was a marathon starting in Nice and ending in Cannes, due to the
extremely high wind they hand to extend the allotted amount of time an extra 90
minutes for the runners. We looked at boats, a lot of boats, and did all the
cheesy tourist stuff.
Sunday night… there was a bar called Morrison’s and for 8
euros it was UNLIMITED wine for ladies. To say the night was fun is an
understatement. Around 2 am we went to the Irish pub that was across the street
from our apartment and that place closed at 5 am. On our way to the second pub
I may have tripped over my own feet and ended up having a fight with the
pavement… The pavement won. Don’t worry I was fine, I just kind of had a black
eye. I will get back to that later, after the Irish pub micayla thought it
would be awesome to go to another club! (for the record it was not awesome)
Apparently I looked under 18 so I wasn’t allowed in so I let them go inside and
I said I would walk back it was only a block. But being Allison, I decided to
sit and talk to the bouncer. Eventually he got sick of hearing my life story
and let me into the club.
The next great idea Micayla had was at 7 am, when she
suggested that we go swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. It was horrible. But it
was 100% worth it. We got to watch the sunrise on the Mediterranean and go
swimming. Although I am convinced that that’s the reason why I was sick the
following week…
When we got back Sunday night I guess my eye was pretty
purple because my family’s reaction to it was hilarious. They all just looked
at me like I was crazy, then…
Nico broke the ice and asked if I got in a bar fight.
Aude made the doctor who lives on the floor above us come
down and make sure I didn’t have a concussion or how she sounds when she said
it “concuuuuushin”
Eleonore asked why I only had make up on one eye
Apo just asked what happened
Hippo decided he would smack it. To say it hurt in an
understatement.
Coolest boat
Micayla, Colleen, and Heather
Some German street band
We ran into Captain Jack Sparrow
Marathon
Biggest farmers market
black eyeee
Manon, Myself and Micayla
This has nothing to do with Cannes but it's One Direction with Novak Djokovic. Which just made my day
Not gonna lie, I'm pretty artsy
So then the next week was pretty relaxed, oh yeah except
Aude was in Paris and Nicolas was in NYC. So it was I and the kids and their
grandmother, who’s English is limited. And every time I would say “No you can’t
have another chocolate pudding you know the rules.” Grandma would say, “Oh it’s
okay you can have it.” And I’m like DUDE. Come on! You don’t have to live with
them the whole time; you get to leave me in a few days! And I’m stuck being the
bad guy.
Once Aude came back on Friday so it was just Aude and I over
the weekend and Nicolas came back on Tuesday. Then went to Geneva for a day, so
it has been a lot of Alli and the Kids. Which makes sense because they did give
me Thursday and Friday off to visit my Aunt and Uncle, Martin and Carolyn, in
the Bristol area.
I did feel a little bad because Aude also left on Thursday
for Hong Kong for a week… but Nico’s parents are going to be there Friday and
Saturday night.
Also December is a busy month for the family.
December 2nd Eleonore’s 6th Birthday
Dec. 19- Nicolas’s birthday
Dec. 22- Hippo’s birthday
Dec. 25 Christmas
Aude told me I wasn’t allowed to get them anything over 10 euros
for Christmas and 5-10 for their birthdays. So that’s kind of awesome haha
I don’t want to get my hopes up but I think I’m getting a
hair cut for Christmas from the super nice salon that we live above. It’s
called Dessange; I guess it’s really famous, I’m not sure, but I mentioned
getting my haircut and she said I should wait until after Christmas and my
birthday to make an appointment so fingers crossed. Or they are going to sign
me up for tennis lessons (hopefully with the attractive pro that works there
but I’m not sure how is English is….)
Oh and when it snows here in Lyon….. Okay so I get that Hong
Kong has a subtropical climate, but it is NOT necessary to make your children
wear SNOWPANTS to school when there isn’t even a half of inch of snow on the
ground. I mean really?!
When I left for the airport in tennis shoes and a patagonia pullover
I though Nico was going to have a heartattack. He honestly thought I was going
to freeze. It was like 38 degrees out they are all just nuts here.
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