Last Few Uzerche Days & Paris Nights. 20-26 July

 

Tuesday - After we both had a reasonable night’s sleep (we slept downstairs as it is much cooler than the second floor), Sally made bread (in the Air Fryer) and fudge (the latter is a gift for Simon and Katie when we go for drinks tomorrow) and did yet more stripping of the stairs. I gave the inside and outside of the over-stairs cupboard a coat of paint along with the back of the door. I applied some filler to the front and stripped and painted the latch.

The afternoon was relaxed, with a stroll to the bottle-bank by the Papetierre, where the Tuesday tea-dance was in full swing.

In the evening, we took a walk up to the town-square and enjoyed a display of acrobatics and juggling.

Wednesday - Finished painting the over-stairs cupboard door and fitting but did little else to be honest. Felt guilty as Sally continued to apply herself to the banister and floor on the top floor.



5:30 we headed to Katie and Simon’s for drinks. Sally had made fudge to take as a gift but, sadly, it was simply way too soft – se we went empty-handed; a little embarrassing. Another couple Kathy and David joined us. We had a wonderful evening drinking sparkling wine and eating nibbles; finally going home about 11:30.

Thursday - Up latish and off to Super-U on the bike to stock up on soft drinks whilst Sally went to the bakers. Sally bumped into Katie and Simon so we had them round for coffee. I the afternoon Sally worked on the banister and floor again, and I fitted the over-stairs cupboard door and then dusted and organised all of the shelves/tools in the garage. 







Sally also ‘reworked’ the fudge and saved it, so we have leaving gifts for Simon and Katie and each of the neighbours.

Friday, Saturday and beyond - To be honest, I took no notes on the Friday nor the saturday. But Saturday morning we left Uzerche very early, so Friday would have been spent tidying.

We left Uzerche by train and headed to Paris for three nights. The train journey was uneventful but long and without a dining carriage or trolley, so we were ravenous by the time we reached Paris. The days in Paris are not really part of this blog, but suffice to say that the hotel in the heart of the Marais was very pleasant and the location was great for good and, especially for Paris, reasonably priced restaurants. We did a few sights and visited exposition celebrating Napoleon on the 200th anniversary of his death.





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