At last, a down day. Forecast was for drizzle to downpour throughout the day so we finally get a day to read those books we brought, sip coffee and tea all day, and relax. This little town Deb found, Pernes-les-Fontaines is small enough and yet big enough at the same time. Our house is a 10 minute walk from town so no car required. And there are enough services in town that you don’t need to go anywhere. Kind of like our hometown of Bisbee. Of course the buildings are mostly 700 years old with city gates and towers and narrow streets to get lost in. Sunday is quiet in town but there is a small grocery we can walk to open on Sunday morning. Our new bar is closed and there are only two restaurants open. Only one bakery is open.
After the rain stopped around 5pm, we decided to walk around the city a bit. Very quiet with a small mist now and then (we brought raincoats). We checked out the restaurant in the old train station (gare) and it looked promising for dinner but of course did not open until 7pm, like everything. We walked across town and got totally lost and finally made it back to the Bistrot de la Gare and got a table and had burgers. Every restaurant seems to have burgers here. And fries. And there are not many Americans here so I guess American cuisine has arrived.
We walked home across town and went to bed. A very nice down day. And we still got 8,000 steps in!!
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