David is home!

Davie arrived back from his school exchange to France this evening. It's great to have him back and it sounds like he had a great time. He visited Annecy and went on a boat round the lake. He also went to the cheese factory in Thones where they make different types of cheese including Reblochon. He says it stank but he likes Reblochon cheese. Antoine's family made him very welcome again and he spent time at the open air swimming pool in the the town, and came back sunburned. They went for a walk above the Grand-Bornand north east of Thones to a mountain hut where they had lunch. And he went to lessons at Antoine's school which he found interesting. I think the highlight for him was the wedding he went to; it was Aline's brother and there was lots of eating and dancing. The family sent back a lovely souvenir book of photos and there are lots of the wedding, David looked very smart in his new Hollister shirt with jeans. A successful trip. For the last few days Jamie has been helping me at school between 4.30 and 7.30 by sorting out all the Duke of Edinburgh equipment while I have worked on admin, he has been really helpful. He is keen to spend some more time travelling in Australia this summer so I have changed his flight home to the 21st August so that he can stay on. I'm a bit worried that he will be lonely but he is sure that he will meet people and he is really keen to make the most of his summer because from next year his holidays will be much shorter. Ally is enjoying his post-Higher programme at school, he has been to a presentation skills session and a "Navy Day" as well as working in the stage crew for the school show which is this week. Today he went to a Career Insight Day at a lawyers' firm in Edinburgh called Brodies where he did a mock case scenario and found out about routes to being a lawyer, if that is what he decides to apply for. He also likes politics and history. Tonight he's going to the after show party at school, I hope he's learned his lesson from the horrible experience he had two years ago when he got very drunk and was very sick afterwards. Grandma was round for tea tonight, she didn't seem very well and thinks she ate something bad when she was out with her friends on Monday, I hope she's ok.