Friday 17th August 2012
Although Friday morning usually means it’s time for French lesson, Lyn couldn’t make it today so it has been rescheduled for tomorrow, which meant we had the whole day off today. We didn’t want to sit around and do nothing so Yan, Lynne, Mark and Emily decided to head off to Angoulême for the day. After changing stations there all the time, we thought it was about time to see the beautiful city itself. For those of you who don’t know, Angoulême, which built on an old volcano, is famous for its art, which you can witness just simply walking along the streets.
Paul was kind enough to drive us there to give us an extra two hours there. We first went down the high street to see all the shops, then afterwards went to the old part of town with the tiny cobblestoned streets with the cute little restaurants.
The weather was a beautiful 39 degrees – although with the lack of wind, we did seem a bit crazy walking around in it! After lunch in a nice restaurant with mist fans, we went to see the cathedral and also to the free museum behind it with it’s paintings and African sculptures.
In the evening, we came back to a delicious salad made by Paul – it was too hot to do a bbq and we welcomed the refreshing food after the hot day.
Of course afterwards it was time for pétanque, so Paul, Mark, James and Emily headed down there to shoot some boules. There was a great turnout tonight, and we all played together by swapping teams and players so everyone had either played with or against one another – a brilliant end to a busy day!
