The last day of the holiday, we went to the South Bay beach. It was completely desert and the sand was nicer than on Repulse Bay beach. But there were lots of small dead fishes on the sand. We didn’t like this too much so we walked to Repulse Bay beach (around 25 minutes walk), not very easy in flip flops! But the road has great view over the sea.<\/p>\n Le dernier jour des vacances, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 la plage de South Bay. Elle \u00e9tait compl\u00e8tement d\u00e9serte et le sable \u00e9tait plus fin que sur la plage de Repulse Bay. Mais il y avait beaucoup de petits poissons morts sur le sable. Cela ne nous a pas trop plu alors nous avons march\u00e9 jusqu’\u00e0 la plage de Repulse Bay (environ 25 minutes \u00e0 pied), pas tr\u00e8s facile en tongs ! Mais la route a une vue magnifique sur la mer.<\/em><\/p>\n Tuesday was the first day of school. A small day for both, as it was only for a few hours in the morning. They both had a good time. Alex started making friends with the French boys gang. Emilie struggled a bit to make friends. I had to challenge her to talk to someone from her class on Thursday as she kept to herself, reading a book. She did talk to a girl and she started getting to know the other children in her class. She is gradually feeling more at ease. But she still misses her old London life very much.<\/p>\n La rentr\u00e9e \u00e9tait mardi. Une petite journ\u00e9e, car les cours n’\u00e9tait que pour quelques heures le matin. Tout s\u2019est bien pass\u00e9 pour les deux. Alex s\u2019est greff\u00e9 au gang des gar\u00e7ons fran\u00e7ais. Emilie a eu plus de mal \u00e0 se faire des amis. Jeudi, je l\u2019ai mise au d\u00e9fi de parler \u00e0 une personne de sa classe, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent, elle se contentait de lire pendant les r\u00e9cr\u00e9s. Jeudi, elle a parl\u00e9 \u00e0 une petite fille et elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019int\u00e9grer \u00e0 sa classe. Petit-\u00e0-petit, elle se sent plus \u00e0 l’aise. Mais son ancienne vie \u00e0 Londres lui manque encore beaucoup.<\/em><\/p>\n The last 10 days spent in our serviced flat in Happy Valley were very busy getting used to the new school routine and preparing for our move. The communication was not very good with the moving company so we weren’t sure we will be able to move in until a few days before the moving date. What a relief it was to get the all clear from the customs! I couldn’t wait to be home again!<\/p>\n Pendant les 10 derniers jours pass\u00e9s dans notre appartement temporaire de Happy Valley nous nous sommes habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 la nouvelle routine de l\u2019\u00e9cole et \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer le d\u00e9menagement. La communication avec l\u2019entreprise de d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement n\u2019\u00e9tant pas tr\u00e8s bonne, nous n\u2019avons eu la confirmation que notre container avait pass\u00e9 la douane juste quelques jours avant la date pr\u00e9vue pour le d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement. Quel soulagement ! J’avais h\u00e2te de retrouver toutes mes affaires !<\/em><\/p>\n Last pictures of Happy Valley here \/ Cliquer ici pour les derni\u00e8res photos de Happy Valley<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n And then we moved out of our Happy Valley flat and into our new flat in Stanley. This is a much bigger flat with 4 bedrooms and a big lounge with a beautiful view on the see. We are near Stanley, a very touristic village on the south side of the main Hong Kong island. The move in itself went very smoothly. On Saturday 15th, we were up early, all suitcases and bags ready. Sebastien and Alex took a big cab with half of our cases. Emilie and I finished packing and cleaning what was left. The movers arrived 2 hours early, which meant they were at the new flat before Sebastien and Alex. They started unloading and unpacking our stuff. By 11 am, Sebastien called me to oversee the unpacking as he wasn’t sure where everything was supposed to go. Emilie and I took charge and Sebastien and Alex went back to Happy Valley to check out the old flat and do a bit of food shopping. Emilie was very good with helping to unpack. By 3 pm, the movers had finished. Half of the boxes were not unpacked but that’s because I asked them not to. During this time, someone came to install internet and another person came to deliver the TV. Very efficient!<\/p>\n Le 15, nous avons quitt\u00e9 notre appartement de Happy Valley pour nous installer dans notre nouvel appartement \u00e0 Stanley. C’est un appartement beaucoup plus grand avec 4 chambres et un grand salon qui a une vue magnifique sur la mer. Nous sommes pr\u00e8s de Stanley, un village tr\u00e8s touristique situ\u00e9 au sud de l\u2019\u00eele principale de Hong Kong. Le d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement en lui-m\u00eame s’est tr\u00e8s bien d\u00e9roul\u00e9. Nous nous sommes lev\u00e9s t\u00f4t, valises et sacs pr\u00eats. S\u00e9bastien et Alex ont pris un grand taxi avec la moiti\u00e9 de nos valises. Emilie et moi avons fini d\u2019emballer et de nettoyer ce qui restait. Les d\u00e9m\u00e9nageurs sont arriv\u00e9s 2 heures plus t\u00f4t, ce qui signifie qu’ils se trouvaient au nouvel appartement avant S\u00e9bastien et Alex. Ils ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9charger et \u00e0 d\u00e9baller nos affaires d\u00e8s que nous avons eu les cl\u00e9s. \u00c0 11 heures, S\u00e9bastien m’a appel\u00e9 pour superviser le d\u00e9ballage car il ne savait pas trop o\u00f9 tout \u00e9tait cens\u00e9 aller. Emilie et moi avons pris le relais et S\u00e9bastien et Alex sont retourn\u00e9s \u00e0 Happy Valley pour rendre l\u2019appartement et faire un peu de courses alimentaires. Emilie a bien aider \u00e0 d\u00e9baller. \u00c0 15 heures, les d\u00e9m\u00e9nageurs avaient fini. La moiti\u00e9 des cartons n’\u00e9taient pas d\u00e9ball\u00e9es mais c’est parce que je leur avais demand\u00e9 de ne pas le faire. Pendant ce temps, quelqu’un est venu installer Internet et une autre personne est venue livrer la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Tr\u00e8s efficace!<\/em><\/p>\n More details and pictures of the move here \/ Plus de d\u00e9tails et de photos du d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement cliquez ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n The day after our move, there was the super typhoon Mangkhut. We were ok but that was very stressful. Following the typhoon, school was closed for 2 days. That was plenty of time to get used to our new surroundings. The kids unpacked their boxes and got their bedrooms in order. I tried to sort out as much I could while entertaining them. They read a lot of books! The TV had been delivered, but it had to be installed by a professional so we had to wait until Wednesday for that to be done. Because of the typhoon, a lot of things were delayed.<\/p>\n Le lendemain de notre d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement, il y avait le super typhon Mangkhut. Nous n\u2019avons eu aucun soucis mais c’\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s stressant. Apr\u00e8s le typhon, l\u2019\u00e9cole a \u00e9t\u00e9 ferm\u00e9e pendant deux jours. C’\u00e9tait amplement suffisant pour que les enfants s’habituent \u00e0 leur nouvel environnement. Ils ont d\u00e9ball\u00e9 leurs cartons et ont mis de l’ordre dans leurs chambres. J’ai essay\u00e9 de r\u00e9gler autant de choses que possible tout en les divertissant. Ils ont beaucoup lu ! La t\u00e9l\u00e9vision avait \u00e9t\u00e9 livr\u00e9e, mais elle devait \u00eatre install\u00e9e par un professionnel et nous avons donc d\u00fb attendre mercredi pour que cela soit fait. \u00c0 cause du typhon, beaucoup de choses ont \u00e9t\u00e9 retard\u00e9es.<\/em><\/p>\n More details on typhoon here \/ Cliquez ici pour le post sur le typhon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Emilie and Alex getting busy when the school is closed, watching the big TV and Emilie baking some chocolate brioches that Alex enjoys eating!<\/p>\n Emilie et Alex s’occupent quand l’\u00e9cole est ferm\u00e9e, et regardent la grande t\u00e9l\u00e9. Emilie a fait des brioches au chocolat qu’Alex d\u00e9vore avec d\u00e9lectation !<\/em><\/p>\n Alex started at a new football club and is having fun. I am volunteering at Emilie’s school library (nothing fancy, I’ve been sorting books and other stuff). Emilie has a lot of afterschool activities (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays!). She is trying a lot of different things, which is good for her.<\/p>\n Alex a commenc\u00e9 dans un nouveau club de football et s’y amuse bien. I a retrouv\u00e9 des gar\u00e7ons de son \u00e9cole. Je me suis port\u00e9e volontaire pour aider la biblioth\u00e9caire de l’\u00e9cole d’Emilie (rien d’extraordinaire, j’ai tri\u00e9 des livres et d’autres choses). Emilie a beaucoup d’activit\u00e9s apr\u00e8s l’\u00e9cole (les lundis, mardis, mercredis et vendredis !). Elle essaie beaucoup de choses diff\u00e9rentes, ce qui est bien pour elle.<\/em><\/p>\n At the end of September, there is the mid-autumn festival, also known as the mooncake festival. So Monday 24th was a bank holiday. The management of the building organised so activities for the children for the festival. It was very nice. Emilie tried everything! Alex was a bit too old for the activities but did have some crisps.<\/p>\n Fin septembre, il y a le festival de la mi-automne, \u00e9galement connu sous le nom de festival des g\u00e2teaux de lune. Donc le lundi 24 \u00e9tait un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9. Le management de notre r\u00e9sidence a organis\u00e9 des activit\u00e9s pour les enfants \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du festival. C’\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s sympa. Emilie a tout essay\u00e9 ! Alex \u00e9tait un peu trop vieux pour les activit\u00e9s mais a mang\u00e9 des chips.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180903_029.jpg\")
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