To Orléans

Ross left for the States on Sunday, and around midday the rest of us picked up the hire car at Montparnasse. We scooted around the péripherique and headed for Orléans. Getting to our hotel there - the Hôtel Joan d'Arc in la rue Adolphe Crespin was easy since I'd stayed there before. Now under new management, some decorating upgrades have been made, and the service is as attentive and friendly. We walked to St. Marceau where I talked to a monk about whether or not there was a service on that night - also there wasn't.

We enjoyed sitting in the afternoon sun having a drink with the locals on the square, and plotting to visit Chambourg the next day.