Paris - Day 2 - A day in the country

After a busy day in the city we travelled out to Buc, a lovely area to the south-west of Paris, not far from Versailles.

We put the kids to bed and realised that there was a local rugby game on the TV, a little match between France and New Zealand in the world cup. Slimane is quite a fan, and with France being soundly beaten at half time, it looked like the bottle of Bordeaux was to sooth our spirits, not to celebrate.

But a superb second half recovery, and Kiwi decline, set up a tense few minutes at the end and some dancing around the room as France came out victorious, and lined up for a semi-final against England the next weekend....




The following day, we headed out for a walk in the local area. They live just up the road from a stables, where Gemma rides sometimes, and the kids enjoyed seeing all the horses and ponies and Max got used to feeding them hay, although Issie became a scaredy-cat for the time being.

Walking on through the forest we followed beautiful wooded paths and clearings, finding a 'den' of sticks which the kids added too and played in, then on round a lake, along the stream and playing 'tag' in the meadow. A beautiful autumn day, in fact.

All too quickly, our brief visit to Paris was over and we headed back to the Eurostar, home to England, and the traditional British Sunday travel experience, the 'rail replacement bus'. It was a tired team that got to their beds at 11pm, but we'd really enjoyed reminding ourselves just how nice Paris is, and we look forward to visiting again many years hence.