We ended up not going into Tours
today. We kind of had another chill day
around the local area. When we finally
made it out of our little house, we walked down to the bakery. I totally complemented the owner on the
quality of her “religeuses” as they are definitely the best I have ever
had. This made her much less grumpy than
she was earlier in the week when Shawn paid for a 3E purchase with his
VISA! Oops.
We walked down to a corner park
and sat at the picnic table there to eat our treats. In the park there was a walnut tree. There was the perfect little old French man
using a reaching tool to pick up the walnuts and put them in his bag. When he noticed us, he came over to
chat. I asked him about the nuts and him
and I had a great discussion about the wording for walnuts and nuts in
French. I was confused because the
translation for walnuts and nuts is the same word – les noix. Once I got that straightened out, all was
well.
We took directions from him to walk into town a different way. We crossed the river and walked along a road that lead us into Montrichard. This was great because we got to check out a couple of other little towns on that side of the river for a change. There were some mushroom caves and vineyards and some other scenic spots en route. It was a nice, relaxing stroll into town.
Shawn was hungry (again) once we
got there, so we went into one of the only affordable restaurants that was open
for lunch. We ordered a pizza to share
and a couple of glasses of wine. The
pizza was good – but I am pretty sure there was tripe sausage or something of
that description on it – and that was not ideal.
We walked down to a corner park
and sat at the picnic table there to eat our treats. In the park there was a walnut tree. There was the perfect little old French man
using a reaching tool to pick up the walnuts and put them in his bag. When he noticed us, he came over to
chat. I asked him about the nuts and him
and I had a great discussion about the wording for walnuts and nuts in
French. I was confused because the
translation for walnuts and nuts is the same word – les noix. Once I got that straightened out, all was
well.We took directions from him to walk into town a different way. We crossed the river and walked along a road that lead us into Montrichard. This was great because we got to check out a couple of other little towns on that side of the river for a change. There were some mushroom caves and vineyards and some other scenic spots en route. It was a nice, relaxing stroll into town.
Shawn was hungry (again) once we
got there, so we went into one of the only affordable restaurants that was open
for lunch. We ordered a pizza to share
and a couple of glasses of wine. The
pizza was good – but I am pretty sure there was tripe sausage or something of
that description on it – and that was not ideal.
We walked around Montrichard a
bit. We tried to make our way up to the
top of the castle, but decided that it was pretty much not possible due to the
residential houses built into the side of the structure. I stopped into a few shops too and tried on a
few things. Not much success, however, I
did manage to find a perfect pair of shoes!
They are those lace up ankle ones – and they were even on sale. I was happy.
We walked back to Angé our normal
route, which is lovely and still my favourite.
Nothing too exciting this evening,
but it was a lovely day.
Good night.
-AJ
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