Eternoz

I spent some time in Eternoz while Pauline was at school. Every night, the others would come over for dinner at JJ's house and then we would go for a walk. Matt asked Hermance what tickle was in French. After a bit of hand gestures, we learned that instead of "tickle tickle", you say "gilley, gilley." I'm not sure if that's how it's spelled but it sounds like "gill-ee." It came in handy when I was at the first communion party. There was a little girl who liked to be tickled and I'm glad I knew how to say it.

After dinner, Hermance was very hyper and she would chase Matt. It was fun to watch them. When Matt wanted her to stop he'd yell "Arrête! Arrête!" which I heard oh too often.

Notice Hermance's face. She seems to be very photogenic. LOL. Actually, I noticed that a lot of the French people weren't very photogenic at all, or maybe they just don't smile as much as we do. IDK.

What lovely flowers!

This was my attempt at the sunset and clouds, but everyone was one the move. You can also see the Franche Comte bell tower. We walked on this road each time we went for a walk and the first two times, there was a group of guys sitting in a parking lot area thing. They would like stare at us and so when we passed them again on the second day, we all followed Matt in a straight line and sang a song with like snapping and stuff. They prolly thought we were very weird, to say the least.

Because it had been raining, there was a small stream that went along the road. So cute.

I'm not sure if you can tell, but the sign says Eternoz and is like crossed out. It means that you are leaving the town. In other words, keep driving and you are in anti-Eternoz.

Oh how I loved the luscious green foliage.

The sunsets lasted forever and were so beautiful with the clouds. Matt noted when we were in Paris that the clouds are FRENCH clouds. Oh, didn't know there was a difference.

Adelaide and Matt, what dorks. LOL

This was the city building or something like that.

Right next to the church was the cemetery. Most towns had this. Any what's cool is that each family stays in the town their family is from, for the most part. So, the cemetery is filled with a bunch of ancestors. For example, Madeleine said her family has been in Eternoz since the 1700s. Wow!

This was a totally posed shot but it's cool with the reflection. It would have looked more candid if he was closer to us on the side of the puddle. Oh well! Actually, me and Matt were like "It'd be so cool if we did our senior pictures here." Too bad we never did, but it really would have been cool.

Again, I loved the trees.

There were so many pastures. Sometimes it looked like Kansas but the sunsets over the hills, reminded me that I wasn't in Kansas anymore.

These cows were like super happy cows, but weren't from California. In this picture, they were all walking in a straight line. not sure where they were going, but no one was leading them. Another day, they were like chasing each other down the hill. I've never seen cows so happy before!