... In France

... We visited two castles

... and filled our pockets with a few Picodons (wiki definition).

On the locket opposite we are standing in front of the castle of Grignan, at Madame de Sévigné's, the top columnist of the XVII century.

• Portrait (painting) and french extract of Madame de Sévigné's letter collection here -

With Noame, 4 and a half, we went for a guided tour. She provided the visit with a continuous background sound, voices, jumps, falls...etc. Most of the people were understanding.

She was surprised to hear that the guide talked in english although she did not. She simply had a strong english accent.

During the visit, we had a great time chatting about nobles women attitude we could observe around us, framed on the walls. To our disappointment, we saw lots of angry old women but very little genuine princesses according to a little girl criteria.

On the other hand, we saw a few real hand made princess four poster beds!

We have now lots of matter to draw, talk and to dream about...