19th of August … It's Maayan's birthday … and what is her gift ?!? A Whole day of donkey ride !!! Yeah !!! And she loves it !!! You'll see …
Mama found a place, pretty near to where we stay, to rent donkeys to hike with … have a look on their site : www.montanes.fr . Mme Bénédicte Bégué who runs this place is very nice and professionnal ! She knows everything about donkeys and the surroundings and she rented us two donkeys for the price of one (actually she wanted the other donkey to have fresh air … but at the end he carried for us things, too), so we gave her a nice "tip" ;-).
So, "Bichette", the mother" and her 4 year-old son "Câlin" accompanied us during almost 7 hours ! They are "Ânes de Provence", that means "donkeys from the Provence" … they are grey and have the cross of Saint André on their back.
Bichette et Câlin were very happy to go out for a walk with us, because then, they gat much "better" food :)). Delicious food is just everywhere … and it took us about 3 hours to walk 2 km !!! Bichette stopped every 2 meters to eat !
For a moment Aba was so upset … he was tearing Bichette with all his force … and our Aba is not weak at all 🙂 ! … but Bichette didn't even move an inch ! Mama should have tape that ! Too pity, that she didn't … she always say that Aba doesn't know how to speak with donkeys … who's idea was to buy carrots ???! Look at the videos … click on the pictures !
Oops, it's raining … but never mind, we just found a shelter at the very same moment when the first drops fell down ! Isn't that wonderful ?!
It was raining very shortly ! Anyway, the weather can change very quickly in the mountains … so we're not worry, you see. As we return to the departure point, Bénédicte was waiting for us. She doesn't only offer hiking with donkeys, but she's doing accomodations, too. But not the usual way … it's a nomade camp : yurt, tipi, travel trailer … in the middle of nature, no electricity and no running water ! It's the sun who heats you your shower water … .Hum, we don't think, that Mama is going to appreciate that, hi, hi, hi.
But other people do … we saw today on "Envoyé spécial" a documentary just about Bénédicte Bégué and the way she lives, what a coincidence !!!! She's famous :)), wow, that's good ! And in reality she's just the way she is , like we saw her today on TV !! Here an article about it :
Click on the link to see the documentary online : http://envoye-special.france2.fr/index-fr.php?page=reportage-bonus&id_article=1700 . Back home, the only thing which was missing was … the birthday cake … here we are … who's happy ?!?
Lot's of love, good night, sweet dreams, laila tov, my wonderful family !
From your wonderful family !
My wonderful family 