Mayday! May Day!

Yeah, this posting is a little late, but better late than never. We have been quite busy lately, and haven't managed to get around to posting about the various goings-on in our lives, where we have been, what we have seen, etc. It's finally time to do something about it.

So, as a sequel to last year's May Day long weekend in Paris, Bel and I piled onto a plane and flew back to Paris to catch up with Stéven and Emilie one year later, and to celebrate Stéven's 30th in Brittany.

Parisian Café life	Best Falafel in Paris
Pretty flowers in a Parisian park	Soccer and Pétanque in the Colosseum

This time around we managed more than just the long weekend, which allowed us just to relax, take things easy, and enjoy Paris for what it is, rather than rushing around to see the sights.

Old guy getting his Pétanque on	Evil Mr Tumnus...
Tennis Pavillion at the Petit Trianon (Versailles)	Part of the village in the Petit Trianon

Before heading to Brittany for the start of Stéven's long weekend of birthday fun and frivolity, we took a day to head out to see Cháteau Versailles, where Marie Antionette lived, and where the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of the First World War (which arguably lead to the Second World War, according to Bel who is sitting on the couch reading HP 7 for the 5th time).

Cháteau Versailles from the back	Fountain at Versailles
Part of the village in the Petit Trianon	Part of the village in the Petit Trianon

After Paris, Versailles, and a really good Côte de Boeuf at Baignoire (the Bath), it was off to Brittany to Stéven's parents' house and the beginning of his weekend of birthday celebrations. Unfortunately we were only able to stay for the first night of festivities, and therefore missed seeing Stéven soil his newly purchased white Converse boots with the insides of his own stomach... But who knows, maybe he will do us the honours of repeating it next year, if we manage to make it to Paris again.

Brushy in a tent

Bel and Stéven in Brittany

Tschüß,
Brushy.