dawesberry adventures my view of the big family adventure.

So, we left Somerset for France! We drove to Dover to catch a ferry to a nearby French port. It wasn’t very thrilling. The weather was quite grey. We arrived in the evening, and drove less than an hour til we were hungry. It was already after 9, so finding food was going to be a challenge, especially not speaking the language. We’d been listening to a French language course as we were driving, and Megan and Steve were getting the hang of it. Steve was much braver, and found that indeed, this pizza place was open and ordered us some dinner. We were starving and had nothing in our fridge. Although there are 4 berths in the camper, it doesn’t really provide the space for cooking with us all in there. So, glad we were to find some food. We decided to eat in, bringing the 15 minute French boook with. We ate. Twas good. No-one spoke English to us! Finally, on foreign land!! Megan and I were practicing our pronounciation, not really loud or anything… then realized that the girl cracking up at the nearby table was probably laughing at us. Hmph! Well, couldn’t blame her really, we realized that the phrase we were practicing translates, “I can’t speak french”. We said it poorly, over and over, yes, it would have been funny. We drove a bit further, but pulled over at a rest area and made that home for the night. Our first night with all of us filling the 4 berths. Not recommended, but it did in a pinch. A bit clostro up top. In the morning we drove the rest of the way to the chateau of the Gohin family. Ling Shien’s family’s house.