What does this picture remind you of?
Travelodge?
Little Chef? Surprisingly not.
Our first overnight was at a place called
Saintes which is some distance north of Bordeaux where we
stayed in a Campanile in a small retail complex situated immediately after turning off the autoroute. I think it is France 's
version of a Travelodge or similar but what a difference!
The room was fine; basic but clean and comfy with unlimited free wifi (it's £5 for an hour at Travelodge). As we were knackered we decided to eat at the hotel which, as you probably know, would be a silly decision to make in a similar place in theUK . It was brill!
The room was fine; basic but clean and comfy with unlimited free wifi (it's £5 for an hour at Travelodge). As we were knackered we decided to eat at the hotel which, as you probably know, would be a silly decision to make in a similar place in the
We sat outside (warm and breezy) and had a
glass of wine (above) whilst ordering and the lovely friendly waitress (yes -
table service) brought us each a complimentary glass of gazpacho! Honestly, she did!
I ordered a salmon "burger" which
came on a delightfully crunchy toasted bread of some sort with tzatziki and
green salad (dressed deliciously) and my companion ate steak and chips. She did say the steak was a little on the
tough side but loved the rest of the meal.
On the way down to Saintes we had enjoyed
several coffee stops (excellent real coffee too) but one stop in particular
sticks in my mind. Carol went to the
"ladies" but it was closed for cleaning so she used the disabled
lavvie. She put her handbag down in the
washbasin and was disappointed to see the tap turn on automatically and fill it
up! It did make us laugh, me even more
than her!
The next morning we made an early start but
first bought ourselves some bread and a seafood quiche to enjoy on the way. I really am quite a snob about bread as you
will know if you have read previous posts.
I love chewy, tasty, crusty stuff so was glad to find this ...
and this ...
We are now in Carcassonne for two
days and I'm still impressed but more about that later. Got to go exploring!
1 comment:
Loved Carcassone when we went a few years ago. But sadly, since being diagnosed coeliac, visiting France and drooling over all that wonderful French bread which I'm not allowed to eat, is toooo much torture! :-(
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