France Trip # 2 (Stop 2 of 3 - Bordeaux region)

Our second stop of France trip #2 was a little south of the town of Bordeaux along the West coast of France. It was much warmer here than in Versailles which is near Paris and this was by far Alex's favorite part of the trip - once you see the pics below no explaining is needed. We drove on Carlye's birthday (August 29th). It is tradition for us to go out to dinner to celebrate birthdays. This year is no different.... Best birthday dinner ever!!!



Europeans LOVE to go camping. So we thought we would see what it was all about. In Bordeaux we stayed at a Campsite in a trailer. (This is considered to be the very finest of camping experiances) Definitely different quality of beds etc than the hotels we stayed in during our trips to France. But we had fun grilling outside and you see Alex really enjoyed eating his breakfast outside in the morning as well.

The reason this was Alex's favorite part of the trip (without even mentioning that he did not get dragged through museums) can be seen below in the video. I think we thought it would be a good idea for Oma and Pa to install something like this in the backyard that way Alex, Jaxson and future grandchildren could play all day. Only no short shorts or speedos allowed.

Here are some pics of Alex enjoying the various portions of the kiddy pools - the water was quite cool the first few days and it warmed up the last day we are there so not too many pictures of mom in the pool with him -

As much as Alex enjoyed the kiddy pool his favorite part of the entire park was the big boy slides. I think at one point he and I went up and down these things 25 times in a row. Here are some various pics of us coming down the slide including going into the water - I did my best holding him up out of the water at the end.

There was also a lake near the campsite and the water was a bit warmer so mommy and Alex went looking for shells and other interesting items in the sand -

Awww - isn't that sweet

Next stop - Normandy.