When I was younger, I have no memories of my parents taking my sister and me to the beach. However, in the photo albums, I found a picture of myself at the age of two sitting on the bonnet of the car with my bottle, as if I wasn’t allowed to touch the sand… My parents don’t like the sea and, like most people of their generation in Réunion, they consider it dangerous and prefer to stay away from it. On the other hand, I have lots of memories of my parents taking us hiking in the mountains! That probably explains why, even today, I prefer hiking to roasting in the sun on a beach. Gwen and the children, on the other hand, love going to the beach.