La Douceur de Vivre

[castalie]

And this was yet another weekend to bottle up and never let go.

I sorta went to a sea resort. There was a swimming-pool there and we spent the whole week-end swimming, playing silly games in the water with our Care Bear ball - yes, Care Bear, so what? - and we played some badminton and frisbee and we sunbathed a lot - 30°C yesterday and up to 40° today - and we BBQed and had pizza and ate pains au chocolat and gourmandises and croissants at 4.00 PM because the goûter is an important part of the day - Hobbits would totally approve - and we just had a fun and Omg So Relaxing Weekend; the kind that makes you forget about the real world :-)

And okay so it wasn’t exactly a sea resort. It was not even far from my place since it was in Vitry-sur-Seine, ie plain in the city and a fifteen minute drive from where I live. Thing is, The Esu live in a secluded area of the city and when you’re up there, it feels like you’re away from everything. Especially as their garden is hidden from view. So it wasn’t really a sea resort, but everything else was true.

They took the swimming pool out of the garage last week and put it up in the garden and since we knew it would be a hot and sunny weekend, we’d planned on taking advantage of it. My cousin La Globule was with us and the four of us had an insanely amount of fun. Felt like those times when we were kids and were on holidays in the South of France... you know, those lazy days where you do nothing but have fun and have fun some more, you do nothing but be together and appreciate life at its most peaceful? Yeah, just like that *g*

Oh and on Saturday evening, we went to the château de Versailles to see the Grandes Eaux Nocturnes, which is a two-hour show held in the gardens of the Château at nightfall. Even better yet, we went there because we know a guy who works for the show and so a) it was free for us and b) he let us in the Gardens before the crowd was allowed, which means that for a little while it was just the five of us - The Mom was with us - in the Gardens of Versailles... how fantastic was that? ♥ ♥

PS: Tomorrow is supposed to be Transformers Day, woohoo!

Comments

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Sounds fantastic :is green with envy: It turned out hot here too - definitely the hottest day so far - even the wind was hot!

I've been pretty busy, but I managed to commit pr0n, so it wasn't all bad! *eg*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It was fantastic, yes *loves*

And I don't know how it was in the UK today but after the heat of this weekend we were back in Autumn today. There's no understanding how the weather works lately...

[whitevanilla.livejournal.com]

What a lovely entry. That must have been amazing to be dans les jardins tout seul!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It was incredible; we were all amazed and couldn't believe our luck *g*

[sockich.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I don't know if I'm more envious of the swimming pool (I LOVE swimming) or the alone-in-the-Gardens-of-Versailles thing. *ponders*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It's not one of those 'real' swimming pools, you know, the ones that are dug in the ground, but it's a lot of fun anyway and it's still big enough to welcome the four of us without a problem; and none of us is a midget so it's pretty cool *g*

And oh, Kaja, the alone-in-the-Gardens-of-Versailles thing was just incredible!

[sockich.livejournal.com]

Dude, honestly, give me a freaking tub filled with water and I'm happy. A swimming pool, no matter what it's like, is like something out of a dream. ;)

And oh, Kaja, the alone-in-the-Gardens-of-Versailles thing was just incredible!

I have absolutely no trouble believing that.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

The swimming pool at Vitry is quite appreciated here, too, as you can imagine. It's a shame we're having such a rotten summer because we would have loved putting it up sooner and - more importantly - use it more but right now, apart from this exceptional weekend, the weather isn't exactly our friend.

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

That sounds so fantastic. Bottle and keep for 50 years at least *g*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Hee yes, at least! *g*

[nicelyobsessed.livejournal.com]

J'ai toujours pas vu Transformers sigh

Ton week end avait l'air bien sympa.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Je serais curieuse de voir ce que tu en penses: je l'ai vraiment trouvé OTT etc mais je suis tombée un pitit peu amoureuse des Autobots, ils m'ont éclatée ceux-là :-)

J'ai un week-end de rêve, tiens *g*

[lilisullivan.livejournal.com]

J'adore les grandes eaux noctures, c'est encore mieux que les gdes eaux tout court. J'y suis allée ya qques années et j'en garde un souvenir impérissable.
Par contre, j'ai payé et je n'ai pas eu les jardins pour moi toute seule lol! Quelle chanceuse!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

J'avais jamais vu ce spectacle, ni l'autre d'ailleurs, et j'ai vraiment été enchantée; ça valait le déplacement !

Lol Disons qu'on a vraiment eu de la chance, oui *g*