Thanks JJ and Jana!

Last Friday JJ and Jana came over and helped us get things hung on the wall. JJ has all these great tools from working on their basement so it made hanging things easy(well it seemed really easy to me since Fode and JJ did all the work :)). Fode had this great idea to hang a clock above out mantle. It is great! We can see it from all over, even up in the loft. The other picture is our master bathroom. They hung up the metal shelves so we had a good place for our towels. Now all we need is a break in the weather, which seems to be on its way!

I can cook...well prepare dinner!

Last Monday(it took a while to blog because of unpacking) I decided to cook dinner. Well the weather and lack of air condition prevented me from cooking food, but I made a yummy salad. Here is the proof.

IKEA HOTEL

Over the 4th of July weekend we stayed in a hotel in downtown Nantes. We booked a small room, but was looking forword to some AC after the hot a humid days we just had. Well the room was tiny. If you have been to Ikea there are those sample rooms where they have an entire house in 500 square feet. That was what the room was like, but it was not spendy so you get what you pay for. The problem was that the AC did not work. We, as obnoxious Americans, complained about this. The staff was kind and found us another room. We lucked out and we were upgraded to a suite room. The pictures I took at the hotel are of this room. The room was twice the size of our original room and meant to be a luxury room. It was clean, quite and modern(you had to keep the key in this wall slot or you could not turn on the lights), but it was not cool even with the AC at full blast. I think this is because they had to double the walls to keep out the train noise so there was no air flow. It was nice to have some privacy, but we were glad to return to Fode sister's house where there are windows that open and a fan.

Un Chateau Breton in Nantes

Today we went to visit the Chateau in Nantes. I looks just like a mini castle with a moat and a draw bridge. We walked around the battlements and saw a nice view of the river and area around the Chateau. It was a cool sight!

Visiting Nantes

Today is our 4th day in Nantes. This is where my sister-in-law, Aisata and her three kids live. We have spoiled the kids with Mcdonalds and KFC. To get to the KFC we had to take two trains(like Portlands MAX) and a bus. The kids were thrilled minus the rain shower we got caught in on the way to the resturant. Thank god for those hand dryers. It is so nice to get to know them. Eventhough we don't speak the same language we get by. Sometimes it translates from French to Maningo to English. We must be an intersting sight to see.