French trip May 2026 Day 7.. weather!!

 A day to relax after all that walking...tidy my room, then this afternoon watch the thunder and rain !!! 

This morning, early, the birdsong started...and so did the frogs!! That has been the background sound all day!!

 In between showers I got out for a short walk and even at 5.30 pm it was quickly hot enough for the cicadas to start up their cri cri. A cat found me on my walk and was certain that I would be her spare hooman!! It was interesting seeing the houses and bungalows....fairly modern, 20 to 30 years old? But looking so much like Aotearoa NZ...

Drawing is not going so well...not enough practice.

French trip May 2026 Day 6 photos

 

I had to be at number 9....

1692

The next ones are from Iran..11 th to 13th centuries AD ...

French trip May 2026. Day 6. Foot sore and mind boggled

 A later start today as I knew that I was heading for some serious walking...after a town wander and lunch in the Syrian restaurant..with tables set out in the courtyard of the Coeur du Temple.

A sit in a square to digest and think..as the Adrian Dubuché National Museum didn't open after lunch until 2pm...which us normal.  Then made my way to the museum...past the street called Mountain if Regret. Not steep....but it led to the guillotine...which sounds a terrible thing. However it was designed in the Revolution to be a quick and some ways kinder way than some of the previous methods. And also the same whoever you were...I also learnt that the last time it was used was in 1937 ...

I walked and looked and photographed...for two hours..I missed out the section with scale models of porcelain production process..beautifully made.

Plenty of ideas boiling around in my mind...and sore feet...bus back to base , dinner then shopping for tomorrow's meals.

Tomorrow's thunder and heavy rain arrived at 8pm tonight!!!

French trip May 2026 day 5 photos..Bridges

 This doorway is on the first very steep little street .in strong sunlight so it wasn't easy to capture..but yiu can see the door is set at an angle

leads/leats for a mill? I haven't worked out where they were, there are many mills along the Vienne

outdoor schoolroom

climbing wall

not this big bar..the wee one by the yellow car ...

anyone want to buy a bread bakery?

beautiful railings near the station

I put these photos on...from the computer (phone)...and chose them from the back down....and they came out the right way..relief!!