Lucas lends a hand with the unveiling of the new car in the showroom.
And, with the new car parked outside, sliding doors and a storage system for Eloïse’s diverse stuff manage to compensate somewhat for the loss of her old friend, the A6.
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Someone’s not happy that we’re part-exchanging our car for a new one. I can’t say any of us were very thrilled on this day, to be honest.
We said goodbye to our faithful Audi A6 Avant, which had served us well across more than 30 countries, and said hello to henpecked middle-class fartiness in the form of an MPV, the class of car that you wish you never had to buy, but can no longer avoid as the family outgrows anything that doesn’t look like a box on wheels.
Actually, the renewed Volkswagen Sharan is a prince amongst MPVs and I’m sure we’ll grow attached to it in time as it takes us all over Europe, but for now, I share Eloïse’s sadness at having to say farewell to what has been a constant in our lives over the last 5½ years.
In her first competition and after a nervous, tearful start, Eloïse bags fourth place in a gymnastics competition.
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Eloïse woke up very excited this morning because today was the day that she was going to get to finish the bag that she’s been working on at school and bring it home. She been cross-stitching it for a few weeks and then she made the strap with yarn and got to sew that on today. Her teacher made the bag part and attached the cross-stitch, I think. She is extremely proud of it. It’s my favorite thing that she’s made at school so far.
