Nougat and bonbons

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Well, after a 12 hour sleep, we all woke up rested and ready for some action! Unfortunately, it had rained overnight and was expected to rain more during the day. We ate breakfast and then the rain stopped. We squeezed in a run along the trail by the river (which Nigel had scoped out last night) and then headed out to Montelimar for the afternoon.

We went straight to the Palais des Bonbons et du Nougat. It was really cool! Montelimar is the Nougat capital of France. There were basically 3 main parts to the place. We started with the museum of candy. It provided displays showing how sugar was discovered and used through the ages. There were some really cool art displays made entirely of candy. One was a Mona Lisa made of candy. The next part was the museum of toys which was my personal favourite. There were hundreds of toys, some dating back to the 1700's. Man, they used to make some scary looking dolls! The last part was just for the kids and it was a large enclosure that housed about 10 different jumping castle and play structures. The kids ran around till they were all sweaty and then we headed for home. We found a boulangerie close to our house and picked up a fresh baguette and some croissants. Back home for dinner followed by a bike ride to the park where the kids and Nigel bested their personal records on the obstacle course.

The driving here is very scenic. We basically drove along the Rhone River south today, surrounded on both sides by mountains. We saw quite a few vineyards along the roads and got our first sighting of a huge field of sunflowers! Next time I'll get photos when the sun is out!

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Photos

I'm soooooo happy!
If you know Rachel, you will know how happy she was to find the world's largest jar of Nutella. It was hard to pry it out of her little hands....

Tree Fort
Russell discovered a tree fort at the very back of the property!

Mona Lisa des bonbons
All out of candies!

Freaked me out!
Dolls prior to 1950 sure were angry!