Montparnasse this morning threw a cool and drizzly morning at us (Kevin and Sue) as we left our hotel with rolly bags and backpacks to catch the 9am train to the south of France….
A three hour train trip to Agen, one stop at Bordeaux, sandwiches and puzzle books to fill in the time, and a snooze for me as I had been awake since 2.30am, not really hitting the new time zone!
One change of trains to catch the small train from Agen to Monsempron with a tight change of 5 minutes – Kevin and I poised at the door, bags in tow to leap out first (jumping out before a raft of children who were also keen to get out first) luckily our little train was on the same platform and we jumped in with 3 minutes to spare! If we had missed this connection we would have had a two hour wait for the next one….an hour later we arrived…
I guarded the bags while Kevin retrieved the car and our last leg of the journey to Fumel was in the Citroen.
Construction and roadworks are universal and the Main Street in Fumel is closed! So after a little de – Tour of the town we dumped our bags at the house and parked down near the Church!
Being close to Rols work at the Brit Hotel we trotted across to say Hi and have a couple of nice cool beers on the terrace while Rols finished up his lunchtime shift…
A little overcast and balmy temperatures was just was the doctor ordered! While Fumel is bursting with summer colours…
Familiarity does not breed contempt – we are both happy to be here, Kevin home for the summer and me ensconced in my tiny house for a week, avoiding the Maltese heatwave and power cuts happening in our other happy place….
After a day or so of a terribly sore throat and headache – I am feeling more human this afternoon, and hope the malaise was just a travel hangover, passing by!
All who wander are not Lost girls 