We finally arrived around noon. But when we looked in there were still a bunch of people in the pool playing around – nobody had left yet of the previous renters. We went to ask if this was even the right house, and found it was… We were told we could move in right then, but, as they were still cleaning the house, we decided to offload our huge luggage and go out to lunch.
When we came back everyone was gone. On the outside there were a very big garden, a croquet area, a ping pong table, a badminton court, a petanque court, a pool, an open pool house and an outdoor kitchen. On the inside downstairs, there was a huge living area with 4 big rooms linked together and a kitchen. In the far room there was a piano, a table, and a couch. In the next room, there was just one big table and chairs. In the next one there was another big couch, a TV, and an Xbox that did not work. The front room had plants and a big closet with lots of clothes and shoes. Then there was also a bathroom and a desk to the left. Upstairs there were 3 bathrooms and 7 bedrooms. Two of my cousins and my aunt shared the biggest bedroom with me. At night the same day my other French aunt and uncle arrived with my 3-year old cousin Clara and my newborn boy cousin Julian. For the first few days everybody was concentrating on Julian. He was named after a roman emperor.
In the whole week we only went out once. The rest of the time, we stayed at the house playing badminton, ping pong, all kinds of pool games and other outdoor games. A few nights into our stay, we had a fashion show using each other’s clothes and the clothes that were left in the house. My cousin Ariel (he is a boy) and I dressed up as girls, and my little brother dressed up as a little girl with a purse. My cousin Morane (she is a girl) dressed up as Michael Jackson, my cousin Clara dressed up as a witch (although she looked more like a pirate), my aunt dressed up as Michael Moore and my baby sitter Lindsay also dressed up as a boy. The next day we went out to watch the movie Ratatouille that my French family had not seen yet (but I had). The bathrooms in that movie theater are like dungeons: we have to go down two flights of stairs then there is a long deserted hallway.
The next day my cousins Ariel and Morane, my uncle Michel and I went out to play golf. My uncle Michel and I kept breaking tees and my cousin Ariel kept pushing them into the ground. My cousin Morane was the only one who was not damaging them at all. Then on the way back we ate some pastries and pizza. French pastries are really good! That was our last day at the house in Cavaillon. The next day we left for Cadaques in Spain. As we were ready to leave I started feeling sick, so my Mom turned the AC in the van while we waited 20 minutes for my Dad. Right as my dad got back, I threw up. For the whole trip I had a garbage bag by my side so that I could get sick as needed. When we were almost in Spain I did it again, and we had to stop at Carrefour (a big French chain of supermarkets) to let me feel better and also buy me some medication. That was the end of our week in France.
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