Tuesday 11 November 2014

Fanny's Last Weekend

It's a sad day as I write, only 3 days until Fanny leaves for home.   Fanny received a call from her mom, dad and sister today who are all eager to have her home.   With Fanny's help translating I was able to speak with Isabelle and Laurent. They thanked us for hosting Fanny and I thanked them for the opportunity to get to know their daughter.  I told them that we now have a life long friend and that Fanny and her family will always be welcomed in our home.

Fanny's family are excited to have Fanny home but also excited to host Brooke who will be leaving for France in mid February for her 3 month adventure.   Isabelle has also agreed to carry on my blog and will post just has I have while Brooke is in France.  

No sooner did we just get over Halloween and already Santa was in town.  The annual London Santa Claus parade was this past weekend and it's a tradition that Lydia and Brooke have had since she was born.   Brooke, Fanny, Amy Zavitz and Lydia went to London Saturday for the parade.   From the looks of the pictures, the girls had fun.




Sunday November 9th, Brooke and Fanny took a train to Toronto for the day.  Morning came early as the girls had to catch the 7:36 train.   The girls were up and eager to get going but not before we stopped to get them breakfast at Tim Horton's.  Canadians love their coffee and especially love their Tim Horton's coffee.  The average Canadian coffee drinker, drinks 2.7 cups of coffee per day.   So Brooke and Fanny got on the train and Lydia and I left knowing that our girls were getting older, more mature and that this was a great opportunity for them.  Brooke was given strict instructions to text at the key points of the day.  The first text came through at 10:15, it simply said "at the train station", followed 5 minutes later with "cab 1586 heading to  the ROM".     

The girls went to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), grabbed lunch about 3 hours later then were back in a cab "cab 1844 heading to Eaton Centre".   Fanny and Brooke had a great time shopping with each girl buying a few items before Brooke sent another text, " walking to train station" followed by "at Union station".    

The girls had went to Toronto on their own, took 2 taxis, visited the ROM, had lunch, went to the Eaton Centre, had dinner and navigated Toronto streets to make it back to the train station an hour before departure.    After a short burst of text messages 20 minutes before the train was to leave and one phone call,the girls found their train and were on their way home.    

Tonight we had Amy over for a Raclette dinner.  We all ate way too much food and then for a late dessert we had Fanny's favourite,  Apple Crisp which Brooke and Fanny helped make last night.    


Soon our house will be a whole lot quieter but until Friday we're going to enjoy every minute we have with Fanny before she leaves.   

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