Wandering Rascals: Les Fermes De Gally

You know that feeling when you arrive somewhere and immediately start singing a random song in your head that just sort of sets the mood for the day? Well, whenever I'm at Les Fermes De Gally (or thinking about it for that matter), the song that always sticks is 'Home on the Range'. Equipped with a beautiful store where you can buy fresh fruits, veggies, cheese, meats, pates, eggs, flowers, etc., all grown on the farm; a center for kids to learn how to bake breads and learn about the animals on the farm; access to pick as much deliciousness as you can in their huge fruit and vegetable orchards; and of course access to the animals - this farm is one of my favorite places near Versailles. Lilah and I have visited the farm a few times with our good friends Nancy and Thomas, and yesterday we brought Chris with us to experience the magic. We rode a goat, pet a sheep, felt a pig's wet snout, quacked at some ducks, he-hawed with a donkey, took a nature walk looking for bugs and snails, and then picked our way through strawberries, eggplants, zucchinis, tomatoes, and beets while Lilah rode around in a wheelbarrow with her pal Thomas. No deer and antelope playing, but the sky wasn't cloudy all day!

Up until yesterday Lilah wasn't a huge fan of strawberries (crazy girl!), but she absolutely loved picking her own strawberries in the wheelbarrow and shoveling them in her face.