First stop was Montrol-Sénard. In this town they have set up a number of locations to show you what it was like in days gone by: the farrier, the local laundry, a schoolroom, a café, typical houses, pig pens and chicken coops.
Then onto Mortemart which was a beautiful little town.
Finally we stopped at Bellac where we took in a spectacular view over the village. It is in this town that Jean de la Fontaine wrote his fable “The stagecoach and the fly” (not one of his better known fables, I don’t think). We were also amused by the sign ordering “no trotting in town.” Unfortunately, being Sunday, everything was dead… not even a café or bakery open!
We hit the road and Anne was brave enough to let me drive. It was good practice because I will be driving later in my trip when Wayne gets here and we head from Annecy to Vichy. The first few minutes were a bit nerve wracking for both of it, but I soon got the hang of it and handled country roads, motorways and town driving when we got back to Vichy.
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