Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The Purse
Over the weekend, my mom and I went to Brittany, an area in France well known for its crepes. Now I know why. On our last day, the day we got on the train to go home, we went to the indoor farmers' market which contained sweets, live crabs, sharks, and lobsters. We then topped it off with a trip to the beach. It really is amazing how fast the tides go in and out. Since the beach is so flat, you can literally watch the tides move. We were having a great time as we relaxed at the tide pools along the beach until I fell from a seaweed covered rock into a pool of water. We walked back to the car to get me fresh clothes, but just as we were about to head back to the beach, my mom realized that her purse was missing. We ran as fast as we could after tearing up the car looking for purse. We sprinted back down to the beach in search of it, and split up. I ran to the tide pools where we had been. As I searched, a man sitting on a bench got up and, speaking in French, gave me my mom's purse. Later, after my mom translated, we realized that he had recognized me from a pic in the purse. Thankfully, nothing had been removed, and as a reward for finding the purse (which I don't think I deserved, seeing as the man found it) I got ice cream. I'm just glad we found it. It had a lot of money in it. Amazing.
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Oh my goodness, the purse story had my heart racing. I was sure it had been stolen! What was the best crepe you had?
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about purse entropy (mom can explain what 'entropy' is). But where are the pictures? This is what we all want to see!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Your Dad
Wow, what a scary but nice story about the purse. Your Mom sounds more like her Dad by the minute, so many irons in the fire that you miss stuff. It's great to have you along to keep things in order, love.
ReplyDeleteGreat notes!
Grandpa
Nice story about the purse. It's nice to know that there are still honest and kind people in the world.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are taking good care of your Mother perhaps you will become a nanny someday It is not a job it is love
ReplyDeleteNanny
WOW!!!!!!!!!! That purse story was scary! I hope that it does not happen again!~!
ReplyDeleteBecca
Yeah about kind people and finding the purse! But your dad is right -- you and your Mom need to post more pictures!! Although, I do love reading your stories too -- fun to hear how you think. (:
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
That must have been a close call!
ReplyDelete-Neil
haha! i laughed at when you fell into the tide pool!!
ReplyDeleteJK
Wow! That has happened to me before.
ReplyDeleteMy family and I were leaving Rome to go to Livorno ( another place in Italy) because we were going to take a ship to Corsica from there. When we were at the train station, a man tried to steal our bags. It was 5 minutes from the departure time and the man ran into the toilet with our bags. My dad ran after him, got back the bags and sprinted back to the train barely getting on.
I hope you have a great rest of the trip!
I can't imagine how scared you must have been!
ReplyDelete- Shannon H.
Why didn't your mom give the man a reward since he found the purse?
ReplyDelete-James S.
I had no idea that they sold shark in France! I love sharks but I would NEVER eat one. I hope you didn't! Oh, the crepes sound really delecious!
ReplyDelete~Eva S.
wat a nice person...
ReplyDeleteWow, I love that story, but it seems scary too hope your ok for the rest of your trip.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice person. I would have kept it it
ReplyDeletei almost got mugged three times in the subway.
ReplyDeleteWOW if you lost your purse in China and there's money in it you're never gonna see it again
ReplyDelete-Casey T :3