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Barack Obama Takes Daughters on a Family Hiking Trip in France — See the Cool Photos!

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Jun 19, 2019 2:42 pm·

By Joyann Jeffrey

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama has been keeping himself very busy since he officially left the White House in January 2017. He recently took a trip to the south of France with wife Michelle Obama and their two daughters — Malia, 20, and Sasha, 18.

While there, they got to dine at an exquisite French restaurant at the Hotel La Mirande in Avignon and go hiking near Gordes in the Luberon. Although Michelle wasn’t spotted on the hiking trip, Barack and Malia were believed to be walking beside Sasha and members of the Secret Service when they were exploring the hilly and rocky area outside.

For Michelle, life after the White House has been very good to both her and her family. “It’s opening up my door and walking out and enjoying the weather and sitting on my patio,” she previously gushed on Today about “the small things” she enjoys these days. “It’s going to my girls’ game and just really being a mom.”

Scroll below to see pics of Barack’s family trip in France!

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Michelle is also happy that her daughters don’t have to deal with the constant pressures of fame anymore. “They’ve spent the majority of their life in the international spotlight, with all the criticisms and the judgements,” she admitted. “But they are down to earth, they are humble, they are normal. It has been a huge relief.”

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Now that Barack isn’t president anymore, he’s been having many more lunch dates with former vice president and BFF Joe Biden. In August 2018, the pair were spotted grabbing a quick bite to eat at the Dog Tag Bakery in Washington, D.C. — so cool!

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Michelle’s marriage to Barack has also gotten stronger after leaving the White House. “We are finding each other again,” she gushed in her new memoir Becoming. “We have dinners alone and chunks of time where it’s just us — what we were when we started this thing: no kids, no publicity, no nothing. Just us and our dreams.”

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With Sasha leaving for college, Michelle and Barack will have all the alone time that they need. “I don’t need my children to make me happy. I had them so that they’d be happy,” Michelle explained to People. “I also have the resources that if I really get sad, I’ll go see them. Unlike my parents, who dropped me off at college and just had a phone call.”

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Since Michelle and her daughters are so close you can bet that they always keep each other in the loop. “I text with my kids,” the former first lady gushed. “I can text [Malia] right this second and know exactly what she’s thinking.”