Just when I thought it was the end of the summer and days were bound to get cooler, cloudier and darker, it got sunny again. The weather app on my phone even promised it would be 29⁰C in Saint-Gilles.
“Then we really have to go. To Saint-Gilles, I mean, because it’s warmer and you like hot weather.”
I bought the tickets at the last minute, not entirely convinced it would be hot enough for a beach day. The water can be really cold along the coast and a chilly wind can ruin an otherwise warm-ish afternoon.
Whatever.
Well, the weather app didn’t lie, when we woke up on Wednesday it was hot in Nantes, and the weather was gorgeous in saint-Gilles when we arrived. In fact, it didn’t feel like the end of summer—the market was there, as usual, the streets were lively, and the beach was completely packed as if everyone had decided to forget it was probably time to shop for back-to-school essentials.
Just as well. As for Mark, he enjoyed a new beach delicacy—he is done trying every kind of gaufre available (caramel sugar, apricot jam, etc.), so he moved on to crêpes. Buying a crêpe au chocolat wasn’t the best idea considering how hot it was but we both knew it was going to be messy, and it only took another swimming session to wash it off.
Ici aussi, l’été était de retour aujourd’hui, et ça tombait bien pour la petite fête du village 😉
Mark a grandi !! (il faut dire que je ne passe ici que tous les tremblements de terre, du coup, pas étonnant… 😉
Miam la bonne crêpe! Ça doit te manquer la mer… à Ottawa! Les plus belles plages à l’est sont au NB, minimum 10h de route de Montréal… arg.
T’as même pas idée :-/ Je n’ai jamais vu la mer au Canada, en fait. Et je n’arrive pas à me faire à l’eau douce, c’est pas du tout le même feeling…
Ici aussi, l’été était de retour aujourd’hui, et ça tombait bien pour la petite fête du village 😉
Mark a grandi !! (il faut dire que je ne passe ici que tous les tremblements de terre, du coup, pas étonnant… 😉
Non, t’inquiète, je trouve aussi qu’il a grandi, et je le quitte pas souvent des yeux 😆
J’espère que tout va bien chez toi!
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