among all of the places we've visited, no doubt that easton and jake's favorite is beaches, so here we go: Le Croisic - a beach town about 1 hour west of Nante by train.
bought a round trip ticket, leaving around noon and hoping to get back around 8 in the evening. when buying tickets, tie made sure that there is another train after 8, which seems to be at 10, and said that let's just relax and if we catch the 8 o'clock train, perfect, if not, we just catch the 10 o'clock one. agreed, no need to rush for this last trip!
Adventure + Salvage #1:
we got to the beach when the tide is going away, which allowed us to walk to the rocks and spent hours looking for little hermit crabs; cutting and eating fresh oysters. Jake spotted the largest crab we've ever find ourselves and we are all so pround of his sharp eyes.
without noticing, the tide is coming up. as we were still all looking down and concentrating on looking for small sea animals, a voice is shouting at us: please start walking back since the tide is coming up. we looked up, and all of a sudden, all of the rocks were under the water and with a sheet of sea weed we cannot even see the rocks.
we both tried to hold easton and jake to walk back, but realized that it is impossible with the blurry view and the water that keeps coming up high. we called the life guard, who is holding a floating board, and asked if he could take the boys back to the beach.
Easton first and he is very brave. after severl attemps of adjusting positions, easton got into a safe spot, and the life guard swam and push the floating board slowly and safely back to the bank.
then Jake's turn. with easton's example, he already knew what he is suppoed to do and calmly followed directions of the life guard.
finally, my turn.
tie managed to walk back on his own.
just a few mins after we got back, all of the rocks that we were standing on are under the water.
是啊，一次预料之外的惊险体验，感谢可爱的救生员！
afterwards, Easton and Jake "swam" for the first time and the only time in the sea!
Discovery
Highlight of the day: giant jelly fish! on the way walking back to the town, we spotted giant jelly fish and several of them. in Easton's words : "the jelly fish is bigger than Jake!", which is true!
on our way to dinner
Crepe is delicious and Easton had 2 of them!
Adventure + Salvage #2:
after dinner, headed to the train station for our 8:20 train. got there at 8 and the station is completely empty. 8:10 still empty, 8:15, still empty. we started to realize that something is wrong. looking at the ticket again, the tickets we got says 8:20 in the morning for the next day and after checking online we realize that the last train for Friday evening is 19:49. we got no train!
火车站门口，一个年青人在更换站台广告，上前询问，很幸运，他可以讲英文。再次确认我们已错过当晚最后一班火车，怎么办呢？行李还没收拾好，周日一大早的飞机，这次我们可能真的只能在这里放松了。但抱着最后一丝希望，问年轻人有没有可能找到出租车，年青人很热情的带我们到了对面的旅馆。旅馆女招待和喝酒的当地人很热情，听说我们的情况投来同情的目光。大伙热情得帮忙想办法，听说我们要回南特，拿出列车时刻表，建议我们坐出租车到saint- nazaire，这样省了出租车费，还有两班当晚回南特的火车。当晚回家的希望重新被点燃。旅馆女招待热情的开始给出租车打电话，大了一个，司机下班了，推荐了另一个，再打，也休息了，又推荐了一个，还是休息了。更换站台广告的小伙子还在耐心的帮我们翻译。看着旅馆女招待等待电话回音，觉得回去的希望越来越小了，做好了住在这里的准备。就在盘算这今晚能在这个小渔港做些什么的时候，小伙子问我们:旅馆女招待找了一个她的朋友帮忙送我们，价钱会比出租车更合理，问我们介不介意。心存感激得接受了这个意想不到的帮助。更换站台广告的小伙子待我们安排妥当了，才放心的和我们道别，对他的热情帮助，心存感激。10分钟后，一个身材魁梧的大汉，把车存在了饭店门口，和我们热情握手，把我们带到一辆甲壳虫，努力用英语向我们解释“我女朋友的车太小，要你们挤挤了，别介意！” 他的淳朴和热情让我们感动不已。一路聊天，小伙子提到在电视里看到过中国，问他有没有去过，他很果断的说，去过，是在梦里。提到他的女朋友（也就是热情的旅馆女招待）是哥伦比亚人，他过一个月就要去哥伦比亚度假，兴奋之情溢于言表！我们很受感染！
顺利的到了车站，很不舍的和热情的小伙子到了别，感谢他帮了我们，感谢他，小酒店的酒客，更换站台广告的年青人，救生员，和那为热情的女招待，在我们离开法国的前一晚被这么真切的热情包围。对南特，对法国的离别之情也涌然心上。
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