Hotel Restaurant L'auberge De La Seine
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Run to the sun
Day 6 Friday
Had Breakfast and left at 9.00 for the run to the sun.We headed south first on the A roads to Bethune were we joined the Auto Routes (Pay Roads)We followed the fast train trake for a few miles or should I say Kilometers. We had regular comfort stops along the way until we stopped for the night at a rest area near Manveville just basic toilets and water.
Day 7 Saturday
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A Mediaeval Evening
... small, but it is a place to sleep and we are really only here for the village scenery...
We go out into the streets and it has just gone dark, the lights are beginning to illuminate the buildings and it really is a nice place to walk around and see the buildings as they have been for many hundreds of years. It is a pity to see those houses that have succombed to time and are held up by the builders posts and struts, etc. Some are even condemned ...
Lots of water and forest, Vic loved it!
... DeGaulle's country house and church yard where he is buried, then we went into Troyes, a very old medieval town but being Sunday all the shops were closed, much to Vic's amusement. It is a lovely area, where I have been many years ago. We decided that night to head further upto Calais ready for the ferry back, early hours of Thursday ...
Sandy's French has come a long way
We stopped in Chablis today. After a drink we stopped to pick up some chicken to go in the soup for dinner. The butcher had some cuts, what is call "Maryland" in Australia. Sandy and Janet huddled and decided it would be better if it was skinned and chopped up. A few hand actions and some immaculate French and the butcher agreed. He chatted along, just like butchers in Oz.
Well done ...
Chateau and modern art
... the next tour was in 45 minutes. Bought tickets and headed back across the courtyard to see the Art first.
We shouldnt have worried about the Art Show....pretty ******. But the tour thru the Chateau was great. The Guide did some in French and then in English for the 4 of us. Good dialogue between Sandy and the guide. It was interesting to see many different rooms of this grand ...
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