We departed the Hotel at around 0945 and followed the Sat Nav which lead thro some interesting villages as we headed North thro the Region Lot. The temp was already showing around 27C as we arrived at the local supermarket to purchase a baguette which we would eat later that day.
We headed North using a mixture of Motorways, Toll Roads and N roads and stopped for lunch by the side of a road about 1330 . The roads had been fairly quiet then they started to get quite busy and particularly on the final 50 odd miles to arrive in Tours. We located the Hotel quite easily and also the underground car park which was designed for noddy cars as any vehicle than out Lexus NX would have great difficult negotiating the up and down ramps and also fitting in a marked spot. Anyway we found a space and the lift brought us to within 50 yards of the Hotel, perfect, and we checked in to the room and enjoyed the air con for while before heading to a local restaurant for dinner. Had the usual issues with my dietary requirement and they said you have have the steak, not surprising as the most expensive on the bill of faire. The Sirloin was not that great but you could at least eat it and also enjoyed a couple of glasses of beer which in hind sight was not perhaps the best thing to do.
After dinner Jennifer went for a walk don by the river and bridge whilst Noel returned to the Hotel, usual reasons, then realised that Jennifer would not be able to access the lift to the room without the one key that I had in my pocket and so I had another beer in the bar and chatted to the Icelandic bar keeper and also acting Hotel receptionist.
He was a nice guy and had lived in Tampa and and also Germany for a while and then settled in France for the time being due to having a French girlfriend, Jennifer turned up half an hour later and tried a Japanese Whisky they had in the bar which she enjoyed very much.
We returned to the room and watched some stuff on the TV and then to bed and we need an early morning as still have 150 miles to Caen and the traffic around Caen can be terrible
