The Wanderer(s)

Upon waking this morning with no plans in particular, we found a map of the region and pointed the GPS at the closest town with a population breaking triple digits.  Turned out to be the charming La Cote Saint Andre.  Unfortunately, almost everything on Main St. was closed so we will need to return because the place has a Chocolate Museum with tours led by chocolatiers that include tastings! We already hit the chocolate shop attached to the museum which thankfully was not closed:-)  The town also had baby stores with some of the CUTEST clothes I have every seen (pricey though).  And there was the size XXL sleep sack, aged 18m-3 years!!!  It is almost as big as I am. Want it!!

I'll be loungin' on the couch, chilling out in my Snuggie

After stopping by the pool to find out the hours of the nearby pool/gym (they have a water gym inside for babies), we headed to a regional park that we'd passed on the way out of town.  It is most comparable to Tilden Park, but it was prettier.  It is going to be spectacular when it snows.  We did not explore it in full as it was getting dark, but after a late picnic lunch, we did break out Lilah's chariot for a walk around the lake.  While we were walking, we ran into a French couple with a little boy about Lilah's age, also in a frame carrier and breathed a sigh of relief because we had been concerned that the carrier would mark us as crazy Americans...Then again, maybe that's not so far off...

  Lets Go Crazy!!!

As the sun was setting and we were driving towards home, we saw a large church spire and a castle on a hill in the distance so off we went!  Turned out to be castle ruins from the 13th century... 

Ghost Town

We had to hike a little to get there but the view was amazing from the hilltop.  There were stairs leading all the way up to the top of one of the castle sections, but I was too afraid to go more than one flight (the largest window) as it was very high and getting dark quickly.  We will return in the next couple days to try again and get some more pictures. (We forgot the camera today so we only have iPhone snaps).  

After all the excitement, Lilah needed a nap and Chris was interested in checking out French McDonald's.  There was a woman standing outside taking our orders on a little machine and wanting to be original, we ordered a fried goat cheese wrap since you cant get that in the States.  Unfortunately, it had Mayo (ick) but otherwise it actually would have been quite tasty.  They even offer their sammies on whole wheat here and the fries were less salty but still pretty good for fast food.  Then it was back home, getting lost in a whole new way as the GPS took us in a 10km loop after it crashed unexpectedly while it we were going around one of those damn traffic circles.