We are in our new home in the Ain (Jura), right side Geneva. Internet works since this morning, the phone will come tomorrow. For a week we pack - unpack cartons, dismantle, re-assemble furniture, empty it - fill the cupboards ... A little game we needed and have done very often. The 3 children are with their grandparents, they arrive tomorrow, they have not yet seen the house ...
Frankly, we're lucky, we had not seen the house that was rented through my Mom and my sister and she is perfect. is great, how beautiful the area is beautiful, the garden is huge, it's an amazing orchard with 15 apple trees, 3 cherry trees, 3 plum trees and a magnificent chestnut. The Orchard continues without end in a pasture and the forest ... I know children who will feel immensely free.
Here is a paradise for climbers and hikers, there is even a climbing wall in the school gym, and then we are 15 minutes from a ski resort, I feel that the year will be sports!
Where we have provided a large room of friends ;-)
I enter all of bronzed republication of the European Championships in Bratislava. The France team has not won a title in this competition dominated by Slovaks and Slovenes.
The context was particulary since most athletes have come against a background of fatigue (some coming from the European Championships-23 years, others on a course to prepare the world Tacen ,...). This lack of freshness due to the late decision to organize and participate in this reissue of the European Championships canceled due to flooding.
is not to say we take it easy ... under the sun. The technical staff, medical and athletes have worked tirelessly in the preparation, conduct and outcome of these championships.
The results are disappointing. Only team canoe single man and I even canoeing are winning a bronze medal. We have a month to kick back and prepare the main goal of the season: the World Championships in Tacen.
We are in Singapore, back to the Malaysian jungle, between 2 planes, we will be in France on 17 to move soon ... I am announcing a short break the blog because we are literally overwhelmed. soon and I'll tell you more ...
My 2010 Kayak deadlines have expired on the European Championships-23 years. We finished 5th in team with a very contentious 50 (without the penalty we were 2nd). I finished 7th individual races. My navigation was committed but I'm too often off the road which does not pay the final.
This edition was superb: opening ceremony in an amusement park, water at 23 ° C when the outside temperature does not exceed 22 ° C, a pool player and a nice layout and nice for podiums the French.
now up to the canoe with the European Championships Senior World this weekend and in September.
Fabulous Top End in Australia ... For the anniversary of the adventurous, we went back to some beautiful and crocodiles to swim in the magnificent waterfalls of Litchfield Park.
We admired the way the termite cathedrals and magnetic termite mounds.
day was a simple choice of chips that had particularly wanted to swim in this heat moist overwhelming. Rangers we have indicated a very touristy area where you could swim "safe" (without estuarine crocodiles means, because they believe that freshwater crocodiles are timid and therefore we can swim to the side) we're going ... Indeed there were no crocodiles, but when we were far enough along the edge, under the waterfall, we encountered a snake about 4 feet long ....
We returned in 4th gear on board but the rangers have assured us it was a python water, nothing to fear, turn to swim! Believe it if you want but we we preferred to dry ....
No, this is not the end of the trip (besides this one is already en route to Singapore and Malaysia). TOP END is the name of the peninsula entirely north of Australia and contains three magnificent national parks near the city of Darwin. We visited 2, Kakadu and Litchfield. Well then
Kakadu nature lovers wild and dangerous and curious about the cultures of indigenous peoples, go ahead! Others flee ... We obviously LOVES! We started
go by, again, estuarine crocodiles jump to grab a piece of meat hung with a (too) small boat ... Crocodiles everywhere, some absolutely HUGE. Whoever has the bloody fangs, they made within 7 meters! 7 meters!
children you have to imagine it, made 14 straight and not look at the size it is ... Crocodiles are fascinating creatures, with their children that I have wanted for several weeks an introduction to the human brain had their first lesson ... simply, we observed the behavior of these cattle and tried to establish what anime, they have social rules etc. ...
The estuarine crocodile is a species very archaic. They eat absolutely anything at any time, including their partners, their grandchildren and so on. They are very irritable. They do not have to retain for their needs. They have no social rules. They are extremely territorial. These are the primary behaviors, eat, sleep, reproduce, flee, attack, those necessary for the survival of individuals and species. What is interesting is that our brain developed around a reptilian brain and that these behaviors exist in humans, except they are (usually) controlled by the layers in the latest evolution of the brain then paleomammalian néomammalien. When the feedback control does not work anymore, some may look like a crocodile ... Yes ... Or do politics ...
Ben what, you thought all along that you were going to follow the blog of a Neuroscientist never qualify for the verse on the brain! :-)
All that was passionate small-Kidz and I, I had a great idea to do an experiment to understand brain function, and now I'm trying to convince my girlfriend CNRS adopt estuarine crocodiles but knows why she is reluctant ...
The next day we went on archaeological sites which are preserved Aboriginal rock paintings. Out of respect we took some pictures and offered to the children to draw pictures, which is a much more relevant to understand them. The 3 children liked the idea and made the drawings with great enthusiasm. Given the number of tourists who stopped aback I think we've started a trend here.
After that, we felt like an immersion in Australian Aborigines, especially as the Kakadu National Park is managed by its original occupants. We contacted an agency of the proposed park in small groups. an unforgettable experience!
We learned how to find edible roots and flowers in Buch, eaten raw green ants (the general opinion, it tastes very strong lime) learned a lot about the history of Aborigines and their legends, found a water lily which, attached to the necks of boys makes them very wise (our guide tried to Titi, who knows why). We saw a lot of wild animals and finished the day by watching the sunset around a campfire where the wild goose was cooking we had to pluck and empty to the amusement of children who wanted to know everything about bodies of birds ...
Yes, I made the short, but I have a plane to catch there.
in a space of 200 m2 over the new baby gym will welcome you in September 2010, the first being September 23 in this room and Saturday, September 11 at the hall of the Iron Cross thank you you pre-register
The championship of France ended last Sunday on the legendary pool of Bourg St Maurice with nice shopping and nice reunion.
My results are bad. Despite a good start to the season, I lose the mathematical advantage on those finals, which accounted for 4 of 5 races counted.
Having played a small swimming on my sleeve semi-finals in the canoe (the rescuers are very efficient!) I could not play the race for the title. Claire Jacquet honorably takes first place.
Although my navigation was not great on those races, I will stay on the good feelings of workouts.
A 'soon for new adventures ... since the program is loaded with two European championships on the two weekends ahead.
"Hello, I dive, I have a diving license but I have not dived since the birth of my children. You know what it ah ah ah! Other than that my health is excellent, thank you .. .. "
So I made a baptism on the coral reef ... Fabulous! Except that the poor diver who was the baptisms, it was 4 to simultaneously including a tall man who was to have a heavy little scared and did not swim at all.
She quickly understood the lady, the mother who claimed to have "forgotten" it was doing very well alone and said a mother to have feast taking hundreds of pictures.
Well, the pictures, I say to you right away, they do not have many colors, even if I increased the contrast, because there was not enough light, corals, they were superb. I have a small Canon amphibious auto no flash. But I'm already very happy ;-)
The first fish I saw down, it was this great grouper. I quickly realized that it was THE photographer grouper! It follows him like a puppy. This is a case of symbiosis man grouper, they earn their bread together ah ah ah!
But I also had my lovesick, the white fish I have not dropped a foot, though not a pilot fish, then it actually does not look .
short, a return under water really awesome, I came up with a smile ear to ear!
So here I am re-become the good mother saying to the Boyfriend that is his turn to go paddling when the instructor arrives, smiling ...
She finished her baptism and wants to take a hike a small diving exploration, she finds that I have a very good level and since she can not go alone (forbidden by their rules), she offers to go with it ... I opened round eyes of envy and excitement and was about to politely decline when the Chum responded: "go ahead my dear, dark, make you happy" ... So ... We left at two, she was in great physical condition and I can tell you that when he took up the current between the corals, I have webbed farm, I remembered then for several days in the existence of these muscles on the back legs ...
But it was absolutely FABULOUS! Besides, I take you, go hop, a click and you spend between two reefs with me ;-)
Follow the guide! You notice the little white fish, it has followed all along ...
We saw a lot of animals, fish of all colors, a fine line, a shark reef (I just a picture blurred because it was too fast so I do not put) huge clams, corals, incredible shapes, clown fish, etc. etc. ... And my boyfriend always white, who stood in front of my camera at all times for me to take him and not the others ...
At one point, my guide showed me a kind of enormous slug bristling, 80 cm long, she bites my camera and the thing puts me in his arms! I was really surprised and amused, click a picture ... And it's white boyfriend was put in front of the camera STILL!
Another photo, click, here is the slug, if someone can tell me what it's like that thing ...
Ahhh I could go on for hours, and then we had to go home, say goodbye to tearing white friend who accompanied me to the bridge ...
experience was absolutely FANTASTIC!
And meanwhile the Super Dad and his adorable children bursting into flippers, masks and snorkels, after putting in the Titi "cage" special children, a closed gate soaked in water where fish surgeon came to pass between the legs under the supervision of the lifeguard ... The girls have discovered the parrot fish and clown fish that has fascinated ...
PS. Right now we are in Darwin, northern Australia and tomorrow will be a great day ... Our two adventurers have 9! :-)
