Market Day in Cahors!

Market Day in Cahors

We left our little cottage at 7 am, to catch the 7:47 am train from Gourdon to Cahors and the walk to the station was downhill all the way and it actually was only a 15-20 minute walk; but we couldn’t miss this train…because the next one on Saturdays was not until 2:43PM and the Market and lunch would be finished by that time.

An early arrival in Cahors at 8:12am, we walked to the Centre-Ville, the market vendors were busy setting up in anticipation of a busy day.

It was a cooler, cloudy day with the sun peaking thru once in awhile, and the clouds threatened rain all morning; but held off until late afternoon when we were snug in front of the fire at our friends in Prayssac.

Rain was welcomed as the gardens and lands are very dry.

We found a nice café, Le coin des Halles in the

Market Square

for Café Grand crèmes and croissants.

Wandered around the market, purchased some fresh vegetables and of course, fresh made pasta.

We met our friends at the appointed hour in front of the Church in the

Market Square

and after some errands in the town, we went to Cote Sud, a favorite restaurant for lunch; where we enjoyed a delicious meal and good company.

General view from street across from restaurant.

Homework First, Then Lunch!

Busy morning doing my French language homework, while Honey finished reading "The Rum Diaries" by Hunter S. Thompson, sitting in the garden. 

At 12;30PM, he dragged me away for lunch at the Croque Note, a French/Vietnamese restaurant up a side lane from the main Boulevard.

Menu of the Day  12.50 Euros

Starter - Country pates

Main course - Fish with basil/rice/potatoes and vegetables

Dessert- Apple cake & Walnut Cake with whipping cream/creme anglais & caramel

Main Course

Dessert

A lovely way to the start the weekend..tomorrow off to Cahors for Market Day and a visit with friends.

Snakes and Ladders?

We’ve now walked the streets of Gourdon more than once; actually we walk everyday and more often than not two to three times a day.

First thing in the morning maybe a trip to the Boulangerie for Honey’s croissants and for some reason he likes the ones from the furthest bakery.

Later to the shops for our daily needs or further afield to the larger Supermarket, a walk to the local café and/ or a discovery walk in the town.  

And most days, we feel like Billy goats running up and down hills.  We have found that the boulevards, streets, alleys and lanes are like the game “Snakes and Ladders”.

There is a tiny, narrow street called – rue Zig Zag and we actually believe that all the streets, lanes and alleys do just that zig zag down from the Old Castle walls from one level to the next.

Think of a maypole with it ribbons or a tiered layer cake of varying sizes that wrap around the old historic part of town and then further layers down into the newer part of town.

Rue Marsis lies about in the middle tier of the layer cake in the old town. The main Boulevard where most of the shops are located lies two- three streets below our street; depending where we are heading to, it is either uphill for part of the journey or downhill.

When we are carrying our goods home, it always feels like we are mountain climbing. 

From the main Blvd. you can travel into the new part of town which also rambles up and down.

The large Supermarkets and Garden Centre are on the highway going out of town.

This week we’ve done two long sojourns out; Monday, we did a two-hour discovery walk into an area we had yet not seen and Wednesday afternoon we again trekked to the larger supermarket and also discovered Gamm-Vert, a large nursery/garden centre. We came home with a shopping bag full of plants and also one with some groceries. It was a hot, thirsty walk home.

Also, this week we needed potting soil for our containers and Graeme carried those 20L bags home from down below, another couple streets below the Blvd. from a store similar to a TSC back home.

Graeme says: Who needs “Zumba or aqua-jogging”? with all this walking…time will answer this question!