Today is a market day - we need food for dinners. There's a market in Arnay-le-Duc this morning, about 20 minutes away, so we're heading over with a plan to be back for lunch. My scooter is still screaming when turned on, so if need be, I'll wait in the car.
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| map - Commarin to Arnay-le-Duc |
Finding the market was a little tricky - we found the middle of town and parked by the church, but no market. Janis, Dave, and Clark followed people with shopping bags and found the market. Dave came back and we moved the car to the Post Office parking lot across from the market. But it took 3 tries to find the right windy, one-way streets that would take us there.
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| Arnay-le-Duc |
The market in Arnay-le-Duc was small - one vendor for each - eggs, produce, cheese, and meat. We bought some cheese, produce for ratatouille, and meat for the next couple of days - sausages and steak, both for grilling.
But best of all, there was a bicycle repair man .... AND he spoke English. Clark and Dave asked if he could fix scooters. He said he'd look at it, so the boys brought it over. A few screws later, he had disconnected the wire to the horn, put it all back together, and charged 5 Euros for the repair. AMAZING!
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| Dave & the bicycle repairman at Arnay-le-Duc |
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| sign on the bicycle repairman's truck |
Our shopping finished, we headed home for our usual sandwiches and chips for lunch. Dave went for a hike to Châteauneuf and back using a hiking app he had downloaded to his phone. Three and a half hours later, he returned, so the app must work.
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| cows, buttercups, and hedgerows of boxwood |
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| house built in 1588 (according to carving above door) in Châteauneuf |
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| most of the hike was on trails, sometimes through the woods |
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| Lac du Panthier with boxwood hedgerows dividing fields |
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| Le Hameau de Solle - this is the whole hamlet |
I did laundry, worked on blog posts and photos, and even got a short nap before making our first bread pudding. French bread does not keep overnight. You have to eat it fresh. So, at the end of the day, we put any leftover bread into the freezer. Eventually we have enough to make bread pudding with brandy sauce. It's a favorite of Clark's.
It's staying light now till after 8:30, so dinner has been moving more and more to a French schedule. We were just getting to dessert at 8:30, after a dinner of grilled steak, French green beans, roasted potatoes and salad.
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