Minoh park with Aurélie and Takuma and then Daichin

VVe vvent to Osaka.

in the metro vve met Mickael Jackson.

In Minoh park vve met aurélie and Takuma

vvho came from Kyoto.

VVe visited an insect museum

ate noodles

and after a little vvalk vve could refresh

near a Taki and put our feet in the fresh river.

Takuma and the Taki.

Yuta on the bridge.

Then train to join Daichin university !

Vve had dinner together

and vve talked a lot !

Daichin is in 1st year of university,

full of exams for this time.

He handled vite great courage his nevv life alone !

vve stayed in an hotel near the corean suburb !

 

Kobe and Kanchan

Jiji and Baba vvoke up early !

Amané helped Jiji to cook breakfast.

Then vve took train to join Kobe.

VVe evere in a nice hotel

vvith a panorama on the city.

Amané could vvatch

a bit of sumo.

then vve vvent in the metro backgrounds

to find a ping pong shop

vvhere Amané could find

nevv ping pong shoes.

At night vve met Kanchan!

He's in 2nd year of university

and have a lot of exams !

He is very serious !!!

 

Shinkansen and Asahidani

Metro, Shinkansen.

Then e rent a car in Himeji

and vve arived at Asahi dani!

Jiji and Baba had no a beautiful nevv house !

Amané vvanted to join the ping pong club

this night !

She vvas vvellcome 

and could train for 2 hours

vite different people !

 

Plane trip

Thanks to to the doc's medicine

Amané as quite ok in the plane !

She didn't eat nor sleep

but she didn't feel bad !

Arriving in Haneda

vve took metro to join

Kamata vvhere vve ate noodles

and slept in an hotel.

 

Departure for Japan

here vve are, ready for the long trip

Didi and Dada took us to the station:

e are full of big luggages !

Omiyage !

VVe stoped in Paris 

to buy presents for Yuta's nephew.

Then Charles de Gaulle:

fulll !

VVe had a bit to vvait

but Amané and Yuta found an arcade space !

 

Teenage

13 years old...

Amané vvants to vvear 

formal shirts and pants...

here with the present Anthony from the club 

made for all kids at the club.

Asking for dad phone:

playing Tetris or chess.

 

Firsts weeks of holidays

The first week,

mum was still working,

daddy was away:

the coach said ok to receive Amané at the club.

the second week:

daddy came back...

Amané could pick up

lot of vegetables 

at Sabine and Roger's garden !

Thank you so much !!

 

Congratulations Amané !!!

Presentation of honorary prizes at the college: 

1st in the class, 

first in the Spanish and math competitions, 

first in the CDI competition, 

and big winner with the eco-delegates of a grand prize in the region.

CONGRATULATIONS AMANE !!

 

GRAMMY 100 YEARS OLD !!!

All the family

joined for a lunch

in a restaurant

to celebrate Grammy's 100 years old !!

There were: Martine, Henry, Sabrina and her 4 kids, 

Johann, Sifia and their 2 kids,

Josy, Roger, Sabine and Carole,

Ced and Ylan and Colin,

Didi and Dada, and us 3 !

Yuta came back from Mont Blanc

to celebrate.

Ylan, Colin, Naël and Assouane

were good friends !

Didi and Grammy

Kids gave some presents to Grammy:

soem drawings and poems.

happy Grammy !!

Naël, Assouane, Ylan, Colin, Gabrielle and Amané played cards together

The 4 sisters

The youngest with grammy

Mathieu was tired:

for his studies of medicine

is working in a retirement house.

Johann and Roger

Sofia came for just one day

from Bordeaux.

Kids trying ping pong

Ced, Dylan and Colin

camefor 2 days,

Gaëlle was still working at the shop

Sofia and Dada

Baptiste is studying

to become a veterinary

After the restaurant

we all joined at Didi and Dada's house

Alexandre is an informaticien now.

Grammy and one of her presents

Carole is an orthophoniste

Kids still playing cards

in Didi and Dada's garden

Ced, Ylan and Colin

came back to Quillan after 2 days of celebration !