My heart is happy

 

So with just one month before the start of my 'big year' ( the year when I do something/go somewhere I haven't done/been before), I decided to lead into it by having a jaunt to Limoges ( somewhere I haven't been) and  take the opportunity to do some shopping and learn more about the porcelain for which the city is famous.

I have visited many parts of France over the years and never tire of the country, Paris I can take or leave,  because there are so many other wonderful places to visit in  this vast country.

As I got off the plane, I got that familiar feeling, the same one  I've had getting off the plane before in France, or driving my car off Le Shuttle or  the roro, the feeling of a happy heart.

I got a taxi from the airport to the 'old' city. I am in the old timber framed houses close to the Gothic cathedral , sound familiar, so very similar to Beauvais where I visited in July.

I have rented a studio for the long weekend that I am here  as I did in Beauvais, and it has not disappointed so far.

It had been a long day and I decided to find somewhere to eat and then hit the sack.

I walked 'down' the street and I mean down,  three days of up and down this and I will have buns of steel.

I crossed over Pont St Etienne and was just struck by thee beauty of the river and the autumnal colours, 

I got a pizza to take back to the apartment and then  just soaked up the late evening sun and  headed back up the 'road' , oxygen at the top would have been good. And I was in bed by 9pm, 8pm UK time I know how to live. to be honest several bottles of French beer may also have been to blame.

Lets see what today has in store for me.