Glorious sleep in today! I then proceeded to loll and didn’t
get up until after 9. After showering and washing I went looking for a
Patisserie and bought brekky. I got a Salmon and Broccoli quiche, baguette and
my first Mille Feuille (1000 layers) basically a custard slice. All of it was
delicious of course. The lady in the Patisserie almost laughed out loud when I
tried to pronounce Feuille J
I ate all that back in my room and then uploaded 3 days’
worth of blog, I’m 10 days behind! The internet connection is a bit slow for
photo uploading but I’ll get there. Then I rang mum and dad and finally… I had
a nap! Glorious J
After a good nap I went for a walk around to town to see if
anything was on and to decide where to have lunch. I’d decided to have a Salade
Nicoise as I haven’t had one yet and with the hot weather it is perfect for
lunch. I decided to go back to the hotel and eat there when I remembered the
Post Office! So I had a look to make sure it was open and then headed back to
the hotel, grabbed a huge bag of stuff (T-Shirts caps, maps etc) and then went
back. Happily it was quite reasonable at only €38 including the box. It was
only 1.65 Kg but it was very bulky which was making packing difficult.
The main thing was to not pack the E-Ticket for the flight
home!
That done I went back to the hotel to settle down to the
Tour and lunch; which was very tasty by the by. I then sat there and ‘watched’
the 135Ks of the Tour while uploading previous days to the Blog. My laptop ran
out of battery with about 5Ks to go, so that was perfect timing. There was a
break away (with Chavanel) which had almost 10 minutes and Bosan-Hagan did a
big attack with about 2 Ks to go. One rider went with him but got dropped. The
rest seemed to leave it all to one Orica Scott rider and so of course they all
lost. The peloton rolled in a while later as a group, no change in the
standings.
I went back up to the room to do some packing and then a he
thunder storm broke out; lightning and thunder galore, Cougar would have hated
it!
The laptop had charged a bit so rather than leave it plugged
in I did some more diary before dinner. Almost up to date now, the diary is all
done, just a couple of days left to upload to the blog.
I went down to the dining room around 7:30 as it was still
pouring outside. The restaurant was packed due to the rain so the meal took a
while. I warmed up with a glass if Kir and the entrée which was a simple salad
with nice cheese and the main was a (dry looking) tender beef dish that was
delicious. A simple Myrtille (as in small blueberry) tarte for dessert and all
washed down with a bottle of water.
After a long meal I headed back up to the room and updated a bit more of the Blog before watching 95% of a Midsomer before the battery went flat. Bed around 11.
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