Thurs. Orleans - Cavalerie

We had a good sleep and the room was very quiet as it was not facing a road.

The breakfast was good buffet breakfast and we were the only two in the dinning room.

We took a walk around Orleans which has a huge cathedral which is really beautiful with the most colourful stained glass windows. There are some lovely old buildings and we walked down to the river through some narrow streets with some lovely houses and all so clean. They appear to have a very good tram service around the town.

There is a lovely square with a statue of Joan of Arc in the middle and lovely coffee bars around and we just had to sit and have a coffee which was particularly good but not very big!

We walked back to the hotel to pick up the car which was parked in the underground car park belonging to the hotel so quite safe with all our belongings. It was very tight to get in and out and looked like a dungeon car park.

It was a good, friendly hotel and I would recommend it highly.

We set off and had no problems, all the roads are so good in France and you don't get the potholes like we have here.

We stopped for lunch and bought baguettes in a service area with a view, very pretty.

Jon had bought the Michael McIntyre audio book which we listened to and was very good and certainly passed the time.

We stopped just  before bridge in the sky at Milau and went to the information centre. We bought an ice cream and then walked up hill to viewing area, impressive bridge. The bridge is so high and the views are amazing.

We then carried on and crossed the bridge and to Le Cavalerie, our next hotel which was more basic than last night but they are all very clean.

Jon had read on Trip Advisor that this hotel has a really good restaurant but we did not think dinner was as good as last night's. The manager/head waiter/barman was a bit of a character and was just like Basil Fawlty and rushed around like him. I had a beef brochette which I had asked to be medium but it came out very rare and blood all over my plate and was tough as old boots so not a good dinner. Jon's dinner was just about OK. Bad review on Trip Advisor from me!

We went to bed early for early start. The car had to be left on the street but as it was a small village and we could see it from our window we were not worried.

Weather
Sunny and warm 20 degrees