Le week-end

Donc les parents ont arrivé et sont sortis.

So the weekend went by really well. My parents came to visit and we had a really nice time. On Friday they arrived and had some more of my stuff with them. It was really nice to be able to spend some time with them this weekend.

On Saturday we went to see a festival of parasails that was in a town that was just south of Chambery. The festival itself was really neat. We parked up on the grass on the hillside and watched the parasails while my dad worked on constructing the puegot that they leased into a camper (basically this involved hammering some wood to make a table to extend the tailgate of the mini-mini-van [a picture might be easier to explain once I have one]).

One of the highlights of the show were a guy that that did over 100 loopty-loops in a row. Yet the biggest highlight was a team of two people and a bald eagle. The eagle would perch itself on the raptorist's arm and then take of and fly around as the parasail would slowly drift towards the ground. It was really awesome to see. Mme Jarre later told us that the bald eagle was born in captivity and this trainer taught it to fly. I guess its favorite hobby is skydiving.

There were also some parasailers that were wearing big puffy customes such as a concord, a giant squid, or a dragon.

The next day we went to church in the cathedral and Mme Jarre gave us a tour of the town were I was able to learn a lot more of the history of the town. It was really wonderful to be able to see some of the medieval sections.

Afterwards my parents and myself had lunch at the lake and then went to see the city of Lyon. We actually didn't see too much in the city itself but visited the Fourvière, a grand cathedral that overlooks the massive city.

We then return to Chambery and ate dinner at one of the many Kebab places in town.