France Day 3: Thunderstorm
[Written 21 AUGUST 2014. In ten minutes (3 pm) I need to go pick Emma up from daycare, where she’s been solo since 10 am. My baaaaaaaaby!!!!]
The mobile internet thing kept not working, so we decided to try the cell phone store One. More. Time. Failing that, there was another cell phone store nearby that was our backup. (19 images total)
We ventured out before lunch, to the same shopping street as before, and ate lunch at yet another restaurant. Yes, I admit it, eating out is one of my favorite things to do when abroad, especially when in countries with good food! Yes, eating out was a wee bit stressful with Emma needing constant care and attention, but still… new food!!
Emma getting a piece of steak from her dad.
The standard children’s menu item in France is hamburger meat with fries. No hamburger bun, and almost never any veggies. This place was an exception, but they did put dressing on the salad, so the kids mostly rejected it.
Waiting for my plate to arrive.
Pretty! We’d entered the place in blazing sunshine, but as we sat and ate, all of a sudden we started hearing thunderclaps, and sure enough, soon we started seeing the accompanying lightning flashes. A few minutes later some gusty winds arrived, with lovely torrential rain!
Finnur took the kids home to nap, while I tried to sort out the mobile internet one more time. In the end, I bought a second card for my phone with a small internet allowance, and took our not-working MiFi gadget home… where Finnur discovered an available firmware update which fixed everything! Gaaaah! Hours and hours of pain for nothing!
We walked to a playground down the street after nap-time.
The other big piece of play equipment.
Gravity and springs. Always a good combo!
We left the playground once it started looking like rain again. Here the are kids trying out the wet patio post downpour.
Bjarki emulating Emma sipping rain-water off the bench.
Dad playing with Emma.
I want that one!
She’ll end up a spoiled brat for sure!
Ok, you can have these back. I’m going to check out these other two things.
Ooooh, soft-ish candlewax!
Yum!
Extreme closeup!
Chatty!
All done!
The view from a lounger I got from that small shed. Lovely!
We ate dinner at home, because one restaurant outing per day is plenty!