Above are pictures taken during the Standard Athletic Clubs Guy Fawkes celebration. I am very depressed that Samuel's first exposure to fireworks was in celebrating an English holiday observed in France. I will never be able to live down the shame. ;)
The club did their best to stage a proper event but the mostly French staff was lacking in experience. The bon fire was small and poorly designed. It was 9 pallets stacked on top of each other, with paper stuffed between the pallets. They attempted to light the paper with long matches. Unfortunately it was a cold, wet and windy evening. As they lit one spot, left to light another, the previous spot slowly died. Eventually someone threw a flammable liquid onto the embers and the bonfire was ignited. According to my British wife a faux pas of major importance was observed as the Guy Fawkes effigy began to burn and fell off the bonfire onto the ground. Very, very bad manners.
The club is a very nice club. Tennis courts, soccer pitches, swimming pools, a nice clubhouse.
Unfortunately, it is located in Meudon, a suburb south of Paris. It has no nearby train, bus or RER service. If we wanted to be join we could only attend events on weekends. They do offer kids play and exercise classes during the week but Samuel and I would not be able to attend.
The club did offer fireworks after the bonfire. The fireworks themselves were better than I expected(but my expectations were very low). However, for some unknown reason, the fireworks were set off to a soundtrack of what sounded like a Madonna dance-mix. Very distracting and disturbing while watching fireworks with children running around.
We spent part of today decorating Samuel's room(Thank you, Beth & Bob). Pictures will be posted soon, not only of Samuel's room but of the apartment as we are almost moved in.
-Dave
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