“At Loose Ends in the Medieval Town of Gourdon
It's Saturday and our visitors are enjoying their last few days in Paris and hopefully having the time of their life. ( Pictures and stories to follow ).
Saturday in Gourdon is you guessed it…market day and we did our usual shopping this morning for vegetables, fruits, farm fresh eggs and we also purchased some goat cheese discs to try in a salad this week.
Today, instead of going to the boulangerie (bakery) we bought some bread from a stll holder at the Market and it was delicious!
Honey said “Remember we are back to hiking to the supermarkets so the more we can get here the better, especially since the weather has changed”.
We’ve been experiencing temperatures in the high 20s and low 30s, sunshine and humidity…no complaints but it makes the walking more challenging, especially with heavy bags of groceries.
Today is also practice day for the Spanish Grand Prix; and this is on Honey’s agenda for the afternoon.
So, I’m at loose ends.
There are household chores to do, laundry, cleaning, etc. and I need to do some work on my French lessons, but it’s the weekend and I’ll do those things on Monday.
After the Grand Prix trials were finished, we walked to the closest grocery store.
Here we ran into our friend, Melody’s french boyfriend Julian, (who also is a friend) who is so helpful and he even offered to provide personal home delivery via his motor cycle to bring our heavier things home anytime…plus he asked us if we wanted a grocery cart for the balance of our time in Gourdon; we gracefully declined.
But on the walk home, we chuckled that I could have pushed Graeme up the hills in the cart or vice versa. Can you picture it?
After our supper this evening, we visited our local café to catch up with what was going on in the rest of the world, mainly looking for news from the kids and family.
Sunday, 13th May 2012
The day started with the sun shining brightly through the dormer windows in our bedroom…did some laundry, preparation for our supper this evening and then a route march.
We walked at a steady pace for an hour and half in the outskirts and countryside of Gourdon; some areas we hadn’t discovered before.
It’s the time of the year for the wild poppies, they just pop up anywhere and they are absolutely beautiful.
We also discovered some of the allotments, large plots of land divided into smaller parcels of gardens for the people who have no garden with their home.
And of course a couple of grand old gates…. watch for another post just on gates.
Then home for the Formula 1 - Spanish Grand Prix race….and a surprise knock on the cottage door…it was one of the local Florists, she had been trying to deliver flowers to me, twice on Saturday and finally she caught me home on Sunday.
What a wonderful and beautiful surprise for Mother’s Day & Birthday …thank you again!!!
After Honey’s man (Lewis Hamilton) did well in the race (started last, finished 7th), we went for another walk this time in a different direction, first the main boulevard in town and then two levels lower behind the Cordeliers, and the route to the Notre Dame Chapel, where we saw the Clos des Capucins (we believe is a Monk’s retreat/retirement home).
Another hour and half of walking finished our weekend!
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