Montargis
Set off early today for Montargis some 35 klms from where we are staying. It looked like it was going to be a great day, no rain and plenty of sunshine. Perhaps a little on the cool side to start with but certainly warms up during the day.
As we are finding our way around a little better and I’m getting use to driving on the right hand side of the road we didn’t expect any problems, well not big ones.
As luck would have it we drove into town and found a very handy car park, which happened to be the only one near everything that was gratis! A good start.
Looked at our map and found we were right next to the tourist bureau and yes it was open. Picked up a few pamphlets and set off on the guided walking tour, following the yellow dotted line on the map.
It all looked good but it just was not doing it for us so we deviated down a street mall to find a great coffee shop that we could sit and watch the passing parade and look at our maps again.
How many churches can you go into that’s the question, for every town we visit, they all have one, or two or three or even more. Anyhow the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was worth looking in at and I’ve attached a few photos of the inside as it is noted as being one of the most beautiful churches in the Diocese of Orleans, 12th. Century and all that. Check out the web page! Hope I’m not getting to blasé about it all.
Montargis, la Venise du Gatinias, 127 bridges criss-cross the town centre, each one almost worth a photo!
For lunch we just had to sit out in the plaza along side one of the many small waterways at the strangely named The Blue Mountain Café. Didn’t get to ask why it was called this, perhaps we wouldn’t have understood the explanation, though Beatrice is quite good and I’m improving daily! I think. We did our usual walk around looking at all the buildings, shop windows and everything else that caught our interest. Once again the whole place shut down between noon and 2pm whilst every one went home or out for lunch. Great business for all the cafes and restaurants.
Set off early today for Montargis some 35 klms from where we are staying. It looked like it was going to be a great day, no rain and plenty of sunshine. Perhaps a little on the cool side to start with but certainly warms up during the day.
As we are finding our way around a little better and I’m getting use to driving on the right hand side of the road we didn’t expect any problems, well not big ones.
As luck would have it we drove into town and found a very handy car park, which happened to be the only one near everything that was gratis! A good start.
Looked at our map and found we were right next to the tourist bureau and yes it was open. Picked up a few pamphlets and set off on the guided walking tour, following the yellow dotted line on the map.
It all looked good but it just was not doing it for us so we deviated down a street mall to find a great coffee shop that we could sit and watch the passing parade and look at our maps again.
How many churches can you go into that’s the question, for every town we visit, they all have one, or two or three or even more. Anyhow the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was worth looking in at and I’ve attached a few photos of the inside as it is noted as being one of the most beautiful churches in the Diocese of Orleans, 12th. Century and all that. Check out the web page! Hope I’m not getting to blasé about it all.
Montargis, la Venise du Gatinias, 127 bridges criss-cross the town centre, each one almost worth a photo!
For lunch we just had to sit out in the plaza along side one of the many small waterways at the strangely named The Blue Mountain Café. Didn’t get to ask why it was called this, perhaps we wouldn’t have understood the explanation, though Beatrice is quite good and I’m improving daily! I think. We did our usual walk around looking at all the buildings, shop windows and everything else that caught our interest. Once again the whole place shut down between noon and 2pm whilst every one went home or out for lunch. Great business for all the cafes and restaurants.
Saw a plaque on a wall saying the building was once lived in by many of the Chinese that use to work in the area, one of them being a young Mao.
Regrettably the two places we wanted to visit being the Musee Des Tanneurs and the Musee Du Gatinais were closed on Thursdays!
With a little detour we found our way out of the town after doing a U turn (Beatrice had the map upside down) to make our way home to Dammarie Sur Loing so we could sit outside and sun ourselves for a while and water the garden, but firstly stopping off at Rogny our local big little village to buy the boule that we like from our local baker.
We are now planning our drive down to the south of France. I think I’m up to it as I’ve had a bit of a go on the auto route. In fact they drive slower here at 130kph speed limit than they do in the UK.
Enjoyed our usual drink and saw the sunset over the fields on what had been another beautiful day.
With a little detour we found our way out of the town after doing a U turn (Beatrice had the map upside down) to make our way home to Dammarie Sur Loing so we could sit outside and sun ourselves for a while and water the garden, but firstly stopping off at Rogny our local big little village to buy the boule that we like from our local baker.
We are now planning our drive down to the south of France. I think I’m up to it as I’ve had a bit of a go on the auto route. In fact they drive slower here at 130kph speed limit than they do in the UK.
Enjoyed our usual drink and saw the sunset over the fields on what had been another beautiful day.
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