notre nouvelle voiture

After weeks of contemplating on whether we should get a new car... well, we finally did. The previous long weekend we had, was spent finding a car and then settling papers and stuff once we've found it. Hubby put up our 15-yr old Volkswagen Golf for sales on the net and we got a buyer from Paris. We managed to squeeze 900€ out of the valueless car, which is a whole lot better than nothing.

So we've switched from the red Golf to a second hand Peugeot 307 - more recent (a 2002 make), with better functions and more importantly, it comes with an air-con system (yeayy!) for a more pleasant drive during the coming hot summer. Not all cars here come equipped with air-conditioner (the same goes to commercial stores), seeing that it's only hot 3 months out of 12.

I don't mind doing long drives, now that we have a much safer, more comfortable car. We have a 3-day weekend coming up next and it would be a good time to take our new car for a spin, if the weather permits and remain sunny like today (spring weather is so unpredictable!).


notre nouvelle voiture = our new car

holidays abound

Yesterday was the end of the first of many long weekends this month. May is the month that has the most public holidays - there's a holiday almost every week. And when the public holidays fall on a Tuesday or Thursday, it is commonplace to take the day off on Monday or Friday as well; known as "faire le pont" (making a bridge). And hubby's company is one of those that give their employees this privilege (lucky him).

So since we had a four-day weekend, we drove east to my in-laws for a visit and mainly to deliver them their new set of computer to replace the archaic one they had before. It's a collective present from the children for their birthdays. Hubby also installed the newly acquired cable channel for them. Now they can immerse themselves in the hundreds of channels made available to them.

On Sunday, we went to my paternal grandma-in-law's place to celebrate her belated birthday with 12 other people. She turned 95 and still very sane and able. Here're some pictures: