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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Day 20 Angers to Savigny-Levescault

What a day!  We left Angers headed for Savigny-Levescault for a night at Chateau de la Touche.  We stopped at a random restaurant along the way, but upon entering, there was at least 30 diners.  Lunch is clearly a very important part of the day!  We arrive at the Chateau at 3.30pm – no answer – I ring Booking.com (whom I’d made the booking with) – check in is supposed to be 5.00pm!  We head into Poitiers to fill in time.  As the chateau is a bit off the beaten track, we decide to buy some goodies and a bottle of wine for the evening – just in case there is no food.  We buy our bread at a gorgeous little “pain” shop.  The owner is divine!  We ask where can we buy wine – so he decides to show us!  Apologising along the way that every time he tries to speak English, it’s so bad that somebody dies!  He was right!  As soon as I heard him speak I almost passed out – he was gorgeous!

Catching my breath :) We head for the car and back to the chateau!  Guess what?  Still CLOSED!  So back into Poitiers and book into the Ibis, Poitier’s newest hotel.  A typical ‘chain’ hotel but at least we have a bed for the night!  And the wine is softening the blow!



What chance do I have?

You can see the chateau (where we were booked)
in the distance!

To add insult to injury, I had to drive down this road!

Poitiers

Another wonderful cathedral


Ibis - Poitiers


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