Bonjour Jacques, Bonjour Henri,
The very tall building on the left of this picture is the Paris Town Hall. It is much bigger than the Geelong Town Hall, which is near your Daycare. This one is called the "marie".
In front of the marie is a vary large, open, flat area called a "place" where all sorts of interesting things happen.
The very interesting thing that happened today was tennis. At the moment the French people are having a big tennis tournament called "The French Open Tennis Tournament" and tennis players from all around the world, including Australia, have come to see if they can play well enough to win the first prize.
So that everyone gets a chance to enjoy the tennis, the Mayor of Paris decided to have tennis in the square. In these pictures you can see a huge television screen at the back of the square - big enough for everyone to see.
The whole area has been painted orange like a tennis court - with white lines. At the front there are small, blue tennis courts where children can learn about tennis by hitting the ball over the net to each other. There is a tennis coach there to help them learn the rules. Can you see him in the green shirt?
At the very back there are bigger courts for older children (but they are difficult to see.)
And there is a big trampoline with a white safety net. Trampolining is good exercise for tennis players because they have to be very fit and have very strong muscles.
And today we also saw this spotted car in our street. Have you ever seen a spotted car in Geelong?
And here are the last of my interesting photos. This grey car was parked in a "No Parking" area.
What is happening to it?
Yes - it was towed away.
And 15 minutes later, a black car parked in the same "No Parking" area - and guess what happened......?
We are missing you both a lot (and Mummy and Daddy too). Shall I say goodbye in French?
Au revoir, Jacques! Au revoir, Henri!
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