Now we can go back to calling soccer football! Life would not be complete without some football, so I have found a local club for the kids to be foreign imports 😁.

The club is FCLTD, Football club Le Trait & Duclair. At the moment they don’t have enough girls for a team of Lavinia’s age so they are just training with a mix from 10 yrs to 16 yrs, but it was a nice atmosphere.

There are two boys teams u12/u13 for Louis. He has been to training and today had a friendly match in the hot sun.

Louis’ age group play on a small pitch which is a change from Australia as he has already graduated to the full size pitch. It all seems pretty crowded.

We travelled to another village about 15min from Duclair for the game. it was nice to drive through the countryside and we saw a big horse stable. One to follow up for potential horse riding later!

I didn’t know much about the history of football until I started reading a book I have Sebastian for Christmas. I find it quite amazing how the game has spread across the world. It came to France first in the west of the country, via Normandie! It was introduced through schools but not by the sports teachers, it was the English teachers! The oldest club in France is credited to Le Havre, which is only 30min down the road. Have we landed in the birthplace of French football?

After all this effort we visited the boulangerie.

So much deliciousness.