Raleigh

This morning, we explored Chapel Hill. There’s a great street of shops right by the University of North Carolina.

Then we stopped at a mall so Ghis could go to the Apple store, but they weren’t really any help. Morgane and I went to a cool lego store where she was able to fill up a small bucket with her own picks.

Then Ghis noticed that Santa was at the mall and there was no line-up, so Morgane saw him. He asked her if she wanted her two front teeth for Christmas.

Then we drove into Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. It’s not that big a place, just a few high rises. We saw a sculpture of a giant acorn in a park. There seem to be some nice museums, but they were all closed (Mondays…).

After our driving tour, we headed out to Falls Lake because we’ve been invited to stay at Eliza, Jim and Tom’s house. They have even come up with a few tasks we can do! The first one Ghis is taking care of is fixing the remote for a fan that is otherwise impossible to shut off.

It’s beautiful, quiet, and well-forested here. The lake is close by and hopefully we’ll go see it soon. We are also going to help Tom to begin learning French because if he wants to take it at school, he has to to into a more advanced class. The beginner class is only offered for Spanish.

Right now Morgane is sitting on her bed reading a pile of Curious George books. Eliza and Tom left out the most wonderful books and things for her.

Today we are headed back to Blue Heron Farm for a garden work party. Morgane loves it here, but she also loves the farm.