Saturday, January 14, 2017

Tuesday 10th Jan 2017- A little tour around

After breakfast in the Hotel we took off in the car to pick up some baguettes for lunch and then to a place called Ardres which is about 20 minutes by car from the Hotel.,
Its is a nice area with lots of lakes and also a number of Mobile Home sites as well as caravan sites. We guessed it would be rather busy in the summer but at the beginning and end of the season it should be nice and a good place to remember if we needed an overnight stop with the caravan some time.


After a coffee in a deserted bar by the lake we sat in the car and ate our baguettes only to find the geese appeared looking for the left over sandwich bits. We toured around the area for a while and then headed back to the Hotel for a bit of a rest.

In the evening we drove in to Saint-Omer to have dinner at the restaurant that I had fixed for the 'Brothers' French trip which was before Christmas but due to circumstances at the last moment could not join. The restaurant is called the Swan in Brit language but Le Cygne to the locals and the food and service was excellent and really for the quality not too expensive. To be frank we both ate to much but it was really good food and we shall return another time.

Then back to the Hotel for a good nights sleep as we are off to Rouen in Normandy tomorrow.