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Last week the adapter of my laptop died so i cant upload any photo’s or whatever! Right now im trying to buy one but it doesnt work so i have to wait for rob ;(.

Next to that..;
Someone is trying to call me the last couple of days, but has his or her number blocked.. If its you then unblock your number and call again

nu voor oop;
ik ga even de geit verzetten

3 weeks its been already.. by now i know every swear word in french which is very useful for greeting people over here. but also normal words! im starting to recognize words like who, when, what, why, where etc. still annoying cause sometimes you mix up words but im getting there :p. what worries me more is when i leave france (one day..), i will forget everything again. cause when im trying to remember some of the norwegian i’ve been taught i do not remember everything .

finaly some pictures! and also some of the one im staying at. i havent got any of the bathroom or my bedroom but now you lot can stop whining about me having to show you pictures .

Took a couple of pictures in the middle of the night after snowfall. from left to right; robs house & stables, my house with arena in front, robs house & stables again, view from my house to robs house stables and barn.

fireee !!

deauville during christmas & newyear

pictures taken in the living room. last picture with the 2 doors; left door bathroom, right door bedroom. a proper tour for you all soon. but this is it for now.

for the ones who dont know. im staying at Haras de la boutteilerie.
(while im here i will also renew the website !).

Situated in the beautiful countryside of Normandy, close to Deauville, is Haras de la Bouteillerie. The farm houses approximately 20 horses, varying from foals to experienced dressage horses. To keep the horses in good condition we have about 9 hectares (approximately 22.2 acres) of grassland, an outdoor arena (20 x 40 meters) and paddocks where they can get their exercise. Of course, you cannot forget the motivated staff that is instrumental in keeping the standards of the farm and the care of the horses at the highest level.

2 out of 4 foals(veulens) in the arena. one has a really nice trot/canter already

took me ages to upload the videos/pictures.. going to see if i can find my bed now
(so thats a no for translating everything to dutch/french/german/zuid afrikaans/mandarijn chinees)
bonne nuit salopjes

Feels like I’ve been home for one second and in France for a week..
Holland was short but it feels good doing my thing again.

So I’m in France now! Deauville to be precise.
On the map. And some info.

Welcome to Deauville:

I arrived yesterday around 12 at night so this is my first day.. this morning we went to the market, bought food for this night and then went for a drink at a cafe. back to the haras (stoeterij) and did some work in the yard:

Now im sitting in the living room at robs house and having a small drink. Next weeks update I’ll give you a tour through the place where im staying and yes.. I’ts improved A LOT! Not to mention that i was very grateful with my place in Scotland! I hope they know. A big thanks again. They’ve been a great start of a hopefully wonderful journey in life.
Au revoir! et bonne nuit

Working last week as a landscaper was quiet fun! i needed to get out of the office cause i was getting bored and fed up sitting behind a desk all day & too long! even though i have plenty to do. Tomorrow and wednesday ill still be helping but on thursday and friday i’ll be in the office again finishing & continuing projects. i should work once or twice a week for phil to get out more and then the rest of the week in the office! great idea, ill ask haha!

first day! picking up stones (chips they call them here i believe).

and then this is what we made

ben ik de enige die nog noooit van boom chirurgen (tree surgeons) gehoord heeft?

then after a day of hard work phil and i went to some random shop to get some cookies. and look what i found (again, since they had them in norway this summer too.) i bought it even though it was 7 degrees outside or so :p. its a bit of a family thing. they’ll understand.

and i tought myself on saturday how to drive a mini dumper & mini digger . ah…. i forgot to mention. the first day me and lachy (je zegt lacky) went out in the field and i had to drive a quad bike. it was very cool cause it was a big field and there where no animal obstacles .

waiting for raab who is sitting in the mini digger. when the mini dumper got full i had to drive around the house and ‘dump’ the dirt in the trash. very fun & new experience.

saturday i worked till 1 and had vaulting after. vaulting wasnt too bad. i feel like i need more horse training. training in the gym is going really well though. feeling myself improve. now i need to use it on the horse and just keep training.

saturday night we had a real fun night out. when i go out i like to enjoy the good music. it hasnt been that great the last times we where out. i had a lot of fun but i just missed the good music. this weekend is was alot better and i enjoyed myself so much more. so we have to remember that place.. haha.

sleepy time for bartcardi
hope everyone is ok.:)

groetekes

So, where were we….

last two weeks ive been pretty busy doing work for phil, and starting up with other projects. My website is online for the one who’s interested! www.thedutchdesigner.com. So spread the word! haha. Training hasn’t been great last 2 weeks. dont remember what happened two weeks ago.. but last week Neil was over! I had so much fun. Could do it over and over again. i’ve got some photo’s of saturdays halloween but i think Neil agrees on me by not putting them online haha. So if you want to see them….. fly over haaaa!

hope family and friends are doing good! next week some more photos. cant be bothered putting some online right now to be honest :p. training in a couple of minutes. a proper one!

groetjes vanuit schotland,
McFly