After dealing with our renovation in The Hague, and camping in our house for 3 months, we were glad we could leave this behind for several weeks and go to our full functioning house in France. Almost all work was finished, and we are now ready to receive the new kitchen early September, when we return. But first a well-deserved break!
In France Piet started with a week of tele-travail, whilst Mary dealt with the grass in our garden that wasn't mowed in more than 3 months... Pippin enjoyed the freedom in our garden, and the walks in the area. After a week Paula and Jasper arrived, for a combined work & holiday stay, as the start of their 6 week summer break. They did some climbing, cycling and hiking, whilst Paula ticked off a few days of work in between. Nephew Jeroen and his girlfriend Hannah dropped by on their return from Italy, and Jaspers brother and a friend stayed a few days and had their first real mountain experience.
The weather was great, not to hot, with an occasional rain shower during the night. We basically lived outside from breakfast till evening, and rounded off our days by watching the recorded Tour de France stage of that day, whilst enjoying a glass of red wine. A classic summer holiday for us!
