This is my last night by the french seaside as tomorrow we are heading to the alps for hiking and water rafting, can't wait!!

Thursday we went to a beautiful place to snorkel. It was in a tiny village (if you could even call it that) called Mejean where I discovered the beach 'french style'. There was no sand but rocks and cliffs surrounding aqua water which makes for a perfect photo! I got a small tour around the even smaller village where I am staying- Martigues, which in fact looks a lot like the 'economy' version of Venice. All the houses are painted different colours and there are canals running through the centre.

Friday night I was assigned to taking the kids to Shrek 4. I had no idea there had even been a 3 so that along with the translation issue made for a confusing time and then the smallest kid got scared so we went outside and ate 'bonbons' instead.

Today we once again trekked through the French hills to the glassy water where we found a new spot to jump off the rocks. I am most definately going to miss the sea but I have been told there is a pool and a river where we are headed.

The French sure know how to take a holiday- eight weeks of sun, 'beach', relaxing, eating good food and whatever else takes their fancy. It's certainly not hard to be French in this regard!