local attractions

Considering that we are living out in the countryside, there are a couple of surprisingly nice attractions for the kids within a five minute drive. We visited both during the past week: Les Villages des Automates (an offbeat amusement park in the woods) and Zoo La Barben (a beautiful little zoo perched on a hill above a chateau). On top of that, the Christmas market has started in Aix, and they have rides that the girls love. So they are living large these days...