We left St Etienne and drove towards Rodez. It was about 10am when we drove into Le Puy
en Velay. The sight of the church, on
the top of what looked like the remains of a volcano, and the statue of Mary
and child on another was intriguing, so we decided to stop for a closer look
and have a coffee break.
As it was hot we decided on an iced coffee – I tried to use
our translation book to explain what we wanted – the waitress looked very
confused. Another customer volunteered
his help explaining that he understood a little English. The anxious looking waitress finally appeared
with two hot coffees with ice blocks floating in them. We decided to just go with it and smiled and
thanked her.
We went for a wander and found the medieval part of the
town. It is famous for its bobbin
lace. This was what the whole town had
once existed on – the men drawing the designs and the women working them. We had lunch and starting counting people
tripping on a raised cobble stone. We
got to 20 and gave up. This was a
fabulous town – very picturesque and interesting.
We drove onto Rodez – a nice town but very ordinary
compared to Le Puy en Velay. We booked
in for the night then went for a walk to the old part town. We shared a pizza. While we were waiting a group of young men in
French soccer uniforms arrived and had great fun playing a game. Finally the referee ‘mooned all around. Then they sang the French national
anthem. It was quite a performance. We finished off our meal with a banana split…yum.
Home we walked.
Still very warm 32 degrees.
Overnight we decided not to try to get to Granada, as had
been our original plan, but try to spend more time in the little towns and
interesting places like we had discovered today.
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