Yes, I found the energy to go the few km into the town for some cheese tasting, except we did it on a crepe--fantastic!
Today was filled with unbelievable coincidences. It was a great walking day for doing 21.8 km (13.6 mi). My Belgian roommate parted ways at 10 am, and I headed for a boulangerie / pâtisserie and had some pastry and coffee. We ended up going completely opposite ways--mine possibly a few km shorter although it didn't seem like it. We talked about a good village for lunch, that I aimed for. We both enter the village from opposite sides (after 17 km--10.6 mi) at exactly the same time! We couldn't have planned that. We ate, both had the Ftench version of bacalao (salted cod)--fantastic meal, and went our separate ways--he's only doing a one-week stage starting at Tours and ending at Pointiers.
We're staying in different villages, although I thought it was the same. I ended up having to walk an extra 5 km. I picked up the key at the office de Tourisme. Got a liter of Perrier on the way to my Gite--got settled into a place with three double beds, but I'm the only one in the place. While going to find my Gite (kind of a fully-equipped place, but it doesn't seem different from an albuerge), I crossed the River, la Vienne, spelled exactly like Vienna! A good omen!
Here I am at a Pizza Restaurant, and as usual, the first guest at 7:30. I couldn't help doing their pizza with ham and local goat cheese (chèvre). Fantastic!
