Jazz music in Penne d'Agenais

We went up to Penne d'Agenais with some friends of Mum and Dad's called Elaine and Owen. We had a meal at one of the restaurants, the Bombecul in the village and listened to a musician called Phyll, who played at our wedding. She plays the cello and sings. Harper also came to the restaurant - you can't imagine it in England, but they even bring out a special bowl with water for the doggy!

Domaine de France

Penne d'Agenais is the small village in France, near Agen in the Lot et Garonne region of France where Mum and Dad live. They moved here 7 years ago after retiring from teaching. They now run some gites and Chambre d'Hotes from their house, Domaine de France, which is just outside the village. We got married here 3 years ago.



Harper is going to be living here from now on so we have been introducing him to the local area.

Leaving on a jet plane..... with lots of luggage and a labrador!

We arrived at my Mum and Dad's house in France after 31 hours travelling! We flew from Quito to Madrid and then on to Barcelona. Mum and Dad then picked us up and drove us to their place in the South of France. We arrived at 3 in the morning and have been catching up with sleep ever since.

Bye Bye Ecuador

We will miss lots about Ecuador....the amazing views, the volcanoes, the abundance of fruit, the hummingbirds everywhere not to mention the hundreds of stray dogs, men peeing everywhere, bumpy roads, people selling everything you can imagine on the streets, the 3 course meals for $2.50, the football commentators shouting GGGOOOOOOOAAAALLLL for over 30 seconds, the crazy, impatient drivers but most of all we will remember the people.

It was sad saying goodbye to all the good friends we made in Ecuador over the two years we were there. Time has just flown by and we can't believe the two years is up.

We have accumulated lots after our time in Ecuador and ended up having to ship 20 boxes back to the UK! Tom did mention that the only thing that he had bought since being in Ecuador is one shirt but hey! Below is a picture of Harper helping with the packing!


We said some teary goodbyes to the children in our class. We took the children to see Toy Story 3 in 3D as a treat at the end of the year. It was great and we all enjoyed it. It was in Spanish but we understood the whole thing, showing that we have picked up lots over the 2 years.


We had a meal with the lovely family who looked after our property: Luis, Beatrice, Andrés and Bridget. I took some pictures of the family as a gift. They were lovely and we will miss them lots. After the meal, Mark, Evelyn, Tom and I headed to 'La Cancha' to see what was happening. It is the hub of the area and is always heaving. Football matches are being played at midnight at weekends. When we are coming home after a night out, teams are still playing, they are mad!





We ended our time with a lovely bbq with our good friends, Mark, Ewan and Miranda. It typically ended with drinks, pool and music. Good times...... We will miss them lots.....

Memories of Years 3 & 4 at BSQ

We compiled lots of photographs of things that we did with our class over the last 2 years. Click on the link below to have a look at what we got up to. Having taught the same children for over 2 years, we got to know them really well and will miss them lots!

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Pati, Hugo and Victoria come to visit

My assistant, Pati, her husband Hugo and baby Victoria came to see us at our house. I took some pictures of them.....Victoria is adorable.