You can tell it's spring by.....

....the smell of the dog poo! Now that it's warming up, all the petrified poop is thawing. People here aren't very enlightened about their dogs. They let them poop all over the place. It's disgusting. Morons. There are special bags and bins everywhere for the disposal of 'ca-ca de chien', and even when people use the bags they leave them in the street, making a nice poo bomb if one perchance steps on it... while chasing a running child down the hill....

On to nicer aspects of spring- Walter's birthday!!!!!
Sadly, he was travelling all last week (on his birthday), but it gave us a chance to prepare. There was a "hot and cold' treasure hunt for his presents, suggested by Allie. We had a nice walk in the countryside near Hauterive, followed by beaucoup de birthday cake, then birthday fondue......mmmmm.

It started so nicely, pottering along together.


Poor Toby got very tired and had to lie down a few times.


By the 'lake park' there's a cool, steel sculpture that all the children play in and climb on. They regularly scale up the 12 ft to the top and Allie is on his way too.