Sunday, October 08, 2006

Chateau Visit with Kongkong and Mahmah



It was the Angloinfo day out at the Chateau de Chantilly (The Chantilly Castle). (Side track here - Chantilly is also the word for whipping cream, and yes, it's where
whipping cream originated from. Needless to say, we had lots of whipping cream or chantilly for dessert during lunch that day!

Anyway, yes, a day out in the countryside (it was about 1 hour drive from us) and a lovely day at that...well, it started out as a lovely day (and rain as we were leaving! yippee). The chateau was huge and a majestic sight as we approached it. It was very
well kept. We took a (too long unfortunately, for Bibou) tour of the apartments that were really gorgeous. Then off we went, for a walk in the forest, to a small little area for
lunch, and where the Angloinfo community was holding the fair.
There was a cozy restaurant where we sat down and had a most scrumplious lunch (with large fat ducks waddling next to us... Bibou had fun feeding them her bread!). There was a lovely playground too that Bibou had fun on while we visit the MESSAGE table and had a good time networking with the Anglo community out that day. We were all very tired by the time we got in the car. And all fell prompty to sleep, including Daddy the driver (we were catch in a bad traffic jam...) so I took over. All in all, another tiring but lovely day with Kongkong and Mahmah.

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