Friday nights at McDonald's, St. Germain-en-Laye

Waking up on her 3rd birthday, so excited with her bike

We might have been living in one the most glamorous and romantic cities in the world, but Friday nights were reserved for a trip to McDonald's in St. Germain-en-Laye with Shawni and Barry.

The littley's loved the play zone, they could run wild and they certainly did so! The friday night of my letter, Fred was playing with them on the slide and I was catching up on my letter writing to my family.

"Hamburgers, chips and coke." 

No wonder Shawni nagged to go and got so excited about the outings. I remember the french flair made this particular McDonald's a real treat.

Fred will still sneak in a McDonald's if he is given half a chance.

McDonalds for the birthday party,
Barry with Tom and Topsy in the background

In fact it was such a hit that we had Shawni's 3rd birthday party at the same McDonalds, on the 12 November 1987, just before leaving France to head back to South Africa.

When they opened their first South African outlet in November 1995, we drove across to Northcliff and queued for more than an hour for take-aways!

I am not quite sure why, but we did, along with hundred's of other people. It holds none of the simple magic it did for me when my children were little, when they loved these outings and when they also loved their McDonald dolls.