Night Location: Saumur, France Song of the Day: Sh-boom (Life could be a dream) - The Crew Cuts Mumisode of the Day: After we had started going to bed, a loud bang was heard coming from the direction of Mum's room. Amber and Gemma rushed in to see what had happened and discovered Mum collapsed on her bed, holding her head. She had crashed in to the large chandelier that hangs over her bed. There are now black stockings hanging from said chandelier to warn of im...

Night Location: St Malo, France Song of the Day: Feels like home - Josh Groban Mumisode of the Day: "That's at least a litre! That man is eating at least a litre of ice-cream. I can't believe this. What a cafe is this. I have never seen anything like this! I can't believe I'm only eating Tarte de Pomme!" This morning, Gemma was awoken by Amber bursting into her room and shouting, "Gemma, get up, there's sun. It's sunny!" Indeed we woke up this morning, in shar...

Night Location: St Malo, France Song of the Day: Somewhere over the rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Mumisode of the Day: "I could whip this up at home. It's just froth on the plate!" This was said with reference to the famous omelette, now infamous. This morning we woke up and found ourselves and our small fortified city in a thick blanket of fog. Gemma awoke to the sounds of two ferries using their foghorns to navigate across the sea to the Channel Islands. T...

Night Location: St Malo, France Song of the Day: Feeling Good - Michael Buble' Mumisode of the Day: Mum has created a 'system' for the many, many loads of washing, and the apartment looks like a dry-cleaners/laundromat/charity shop. The bathroom is full of undies and socks hung on various lines and racks. Mum was up at the crack of dawn to put in yet another load. Today has been a fantastic day. It was Remembrance Day 11/11/11 and we thought that we would atte...

Night Location: St Malo, France Song of the Day: 1234 - Feist Mumisode of the Day: There were some odd glances and confused expressions during the car performance of the song 'Reproduction' from Grease 2, "Where does the pollen go?" This is a very exciting blog. We are 'home' in our favourite place, St Malo. Amber and Gemma fell in love with this town during their trip here in 2007 and since then have been waiting to return. It is a town that is right on the c...