Snow in London

On our way to school...

Sur le chemin de l'école...

We went sledging in the park yesterday. The famous hill looked like a picture from the nineteenth century, you know, the black and white ones, that are sometimes turned into jigsaw puzzles. And it says underneath 'sledging in Parliament Hill'.

Luge dans le parc hier. Le spectacle rappelait les gravures/photos noir et blanc du siècle dernier, dont on fait parfois des puzzles ou des cartes de voeux, avec l'intitulé 'La neige à Parliament Hill'.


It seemed like the whole of London was gathered there yesterday, sledging away on all sorts of devices. Estate agents signs were a big hit. There was a plastic dog basket. Tiny plastic containers on which grown-ups somehow managed to fit  half of their bottom, if they were able to keep the rest up in the air, it worked amazingly well. Speed, laughter, carelessness, excitement, all ingredients were there to spend a joyful Sunday afternoon, and we did.
The careful mother part of me was a bit worried that something bad might happen (the old fashioned wooden sledges were the devices that frightened me most, funnily enough) but it didn't and I had a few good rides down the hill too.
Have a good week all !

On aurait dit que tout Londres s'était donné rendez-vous sur la célèbre colline. En plus des luges, les pancartes de publicité immobilière avaient un franc succès pour les lugeurs fous. Un panier à chien en plastique, de minuscules Tupperware sur lesquels certains adultes réussissaient à caser la moitié de leur arrière-train, tout était bon pourvu que ça glisse, et le spectacle était désopilant.
Nous avons fait quelques bonnes descentes, bien rigolé, ce fut une vraie après-midi de neige en famille.
Bonne semaine à tous !