Her job is to welcome newcomers to the town and also new babies. She arrived with a basket (made by people of the handicapped association) containing a whole lot of brochures with lots of information about the town and surrounding areas and a few coupons from local businesses.
For example:
the local dentist gave us a toothbrush
the local chemist gave us a bottle of hand soap
We have a coupon for a free haircut, a free waxing session (for me, obviously!!) and 15$ off a TV or appliance of our choice, to name a few.
She was here for an hour and was very efficient and knowledgeable. I am therefore going to be able to explore and find my feet. There is an association which is something like a parent-toddler group so I'll look into that. She also gave me leaflets on battered housewives and domestic violence (no taboos here!) as well as what to do in the event of an earthquake, a powercut when it's -30°C and what to recycle and where. So quite an ecclectic selection of information!!
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Indiana is currently refusing to eat, so I packed her up with a bottle of chocolate milk (which is actually really tasty!) and we went off in the car to find Le Parc Terres-des-Jeunes:
Some of the trees are really old and seem to therefore merit a special mention:
There are some cool signs like this one:
And some inviting paths to walk along:
Signs like these can be found everywhere and all are on the theme of the enviroment. Underneath, lower down, the messages are written in Braille:
Of course, I didn't go alone:
And "Babbi" the rabbit (a gift from papy!) had to come as well:
We tested out some baby swings:
There are bird houses in the park too - something for 'every'one, literally!!
The park is actually huge. Apparently there is a waterfall somewhere. So lots of exploring to do!
That's all for now!
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