We got a wild hair and decided that we would try out staying on a French farm this past Columbus Day weekend. The trip was about two and a half hours and we went with the Hall family. The weather was horrible but we had a good time. We visited the city of Verdun and the WWI sites there, we could still see trenches that had been dug into the hills. There was a huge battle between the French and Germans in Verdun, the French were the victors....you may know this; however, I apparently did not pay much attention during my history classes. Good thing we have our trusted guide, Jill, and her guide books....even if she did tell us that it was WWII, we all believed!
The farm we stayed at was in the middle of nowhere, really, nowhere. The houses in the picture below are misleading, that is the house that the farmer lives in on the left and one of his barns on the right. When I thought Matt may have heart failure from riding all around the country, pulling Colby, I was little bit worried! I have decided I could not be a country gal. The farmer had beef cattle, donkeys, rabbits, horses, pigeons, etc. We found a site that lists hundreds of these types of places that you can stay at in France, I think they must get some sort of tax write off if they have a place where people can stay on their farms. Breakfast on the farm consisted of french bread, croissants, butter, jam, tea, coffee and juice. The kids got to go on a pony ride on Monday and they really enjoyed it.
Little play area next to our chalet, the kids enjoyed it as much as an amusement park!
We had to brush the horses before we earned a ride, the horses were pretty messy from the mud and rain.
Justin feeding Laney walnuts from the trees in the area.
Collecting walnuts so Auntie Jill can make us walnut-banana bread...we are still waiting!
No tub so we washed baby girl in the sink.
Playing war in the trenches.
The large cemetary in the Verdun site.
The "American wagon" used during some of the battles.
Matt, Justin, George and Colby went on a bike ride to a little lake where they went fishing, the other girls worked on their beauty rest.
French horses don't like sugar cubes, only one of many would take them. I hope I don't read about a diabetic French horse that died from a sugar overdose.
"They are over yonder." Colby practicing his country talk.
EEH-Haa-EEH-Haa. That is the lovely sound George and Jill woke up to in the morning, good thing our room was on the other side of these beauties.
We had to drive 20 minutes to find dinner places each night. This night we came in to this bar/restaurant where I am pretty sure there had not been customers in a while, they told us what we could eat, which turned out to be pretty good. We had kebabs, couscous, a stew, kids got fries and burgers, not bad! Laney LOVES George, prefers to sit with him at dinner, I could not even get her to come and sit by me so George could eat in peace!
The rabbits right outside the chalet, we felt the need to feed them daily. I told Laney not to let them bite her fingers and from then on she would say "ouch, ouch, ouch!" EVERY time she fed them, I then had to tell her to stop faking.
The farm we stayed at was in the middle of nowhere, really, nowhere. The houses in the picture below are misleading, that is the house that the farmer lives in on the left and one of his barns on the right. When I thought Matt may have heart failure from riding all around the country, pulling Colby, I was little bit worried! I have decided I could not be a country gal. The farmer had beef cattle, donkeys, rabbits, horses, pigeons, etc. We found a site that lists hundreds of these types of places that you can stay at in France, I think they must get some sort of tax write off if they have a place where people can stay on their farms. Breakfast on the farm consisted of french bread, croissants, butter, jam, tea, coffee and juice. The kids got to go on a pony ride on Monday and they really enjoyed it.
Little play area next to our chalet, the kids enjoyed it as much as an amusement park!
We had to brush the horses before we earned a ride, the horses were pretty messy from the mud and rain.
Justin feeding Laney walnuts from the trees in the area.
Collecting walnuts so Auntie Jill can make us walnut-banana bread...we are still waiting!
No tub so we washed baby girl in the sink.
Playing war in the trenches.
The large cemetary in the Verdun site.
The "American wagon" used during some of the battles.
Matt, Justin, George and Colby went on a bike ride to a little lake where they went fishing, the other girls worked on their beauty rest.
French horses don't like sugar cubes, only one of many would take them. I hope I don't read about a diabetic French horse that died from a sugar overdose.
"They are over yonder." Colby practicing his country talk.
We had to drive 20 minutes to find dinner places each night. This night we came in to this bar/restaurant where I am pretty sure there had not been customers in a while, they told us what we could eat, which turned out to be pretty good. We had kebabs, couscous, a stew, kids got fries and burgers, not bad! Laney LOVES George, prefers to sit with him at dinner, I could not even get her to come and sit by me so George could eat in peace!
The rabbits right outside the chalet, we felt the need to feed them daily. I told Laney not to let them bite her fingers and from then on she would say "ouch, ouch, ouch!" EVERY time she fed them, I then had to tell her to stop faking.
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Good for you not letting the bad weather kill your vacation. Looks like you all had fun despite the liquid sunshine!
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