Colonie de Vacances

Two years ago, I was in the centre of the Italian town of Todi and as I sat drinking my coffee, I became conscious of a rising crescendo of noise which I soon identified as a class of children been taken on an outing. I imagined from the noise that the children were out of control but not a bit of it. As they rounded the corner, it became obvious that the noise was just their childish enthusiasm and animation! This morning as I worked at the computer, the same thing happened as this group of children passed my window. If Italian children are noisy, this French group would run them a close second!