Today was a mini train trip further inland to the town of Périgueux – a 1hour 45min ride on the little train from Monsempron-libos…
Being a provincial line, minimal maintenance on the train lines…but somehow it worked….
Over bridges….
Past farmlands (yes cows!)…
And village markets…arriving in Perigueux around 11.30am…however being a Monday in rural France – most shops are closed…so it was window shopping(which possibly saved our bank accounts)…
And for all you kiwis…the Otago Rugby shop…
We sourced a coffee first stop at a wine bar…
Then set off to explore the old town…
Strolling the streets and watching the cafes open at midday for the two hour lunch window…but first the Perigueux cathedral….
Yes there is one in every town…and the style seems to follow a certain theme…
Cool block inside and stained glass windows adorning every alcove…one change to the wooden pews were the old cane chairs…
Bringing back memories of dining at our grandparents in the 60s! In one door and out another to the garden (well trees on a terrace) overlooking the town…
And another angle of the cathedral…
Circumnavigating the church – while there was construction on the square, we were provided with the best view of the multiple domes…
By this time we only had an hour left of the lunch window and found a cafe in one of side alleys of the old town…seemed to be popular with the locals and all French….in hindsight I guess they saw us coming…
First the girl who told us to take a seat and she would be with us in 5 minutes, then proceeded to ignore us for half an hour. At least we had our bottle of water to sip on! Trudi then asked for the menu and we were once again ignored for another half an hour while those (French) who arrived after us had their orders taken and drinks delivered! We finally caught the attention of the only other waiter, by this time nicknamed “Basil Faulty” as he was darting around like a headless chicken!
The one other foreigner had sat and left by this stage giving up in despair…however by the time Basil took our order we had our requests down pat! Another half an hour and our salad arrived…
Still no drinks – one beer and one wine…getting a little cross we asked about the drinks and they arrived another 10 minutes later…we sat without food and drink for nearly an hour and a half! We quickly ate drank and left with half an hour before our return train…and a 20 minute walk!
Reaching our little train with 10 minutes to spare and reversing our journey from the morning!
All who wander are not Lost girls 