The other day I realised that we have probably shared a lot of the new things that we have experienced living here- but it dawned on me that the kids are getting a lot of new experiences as well. Things that are unique to them – and unique to them living here.
Obviously there is the language, and so many other fundamental changes that go with living in a foreign country – but I was thinking more of the incidental things that are not part of living in France per se, but more an outcome of our particular experience of it.
A few that came to my mind are
- rock-climbing
- learning fencing at school
- all 3 sharing a single bedroom
- seeing deer in our yard
- knowing something better than their parents (spoken French)
- watching the Tour de France go through our village
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