Last week this little village of 500 inhabitants celebrated the opening of its signed tourist walk. We went to join in with Marie-Renee and Michel and were surprised to find many of the villagers in costume to introduce us to various of the historical waymarks on the way round. There were lepers, aristocrats and peasants, Roman soldiers and so on.
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| Two rather jolly lepers |
Round we all went, from site to site, learning about the ownership of the chateau, hearing from an 87 year-old about his experience of the resistance in the seciond world war, looking at photos of women washing clothes in the stream, one of whom still lives there, seeing the site of the communal bakery - every 24th loaf had to be given to the seigneur in the chateau.
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| Mercifully brief introductions (mostly) |
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We had invited our friends to eat with us after this event and so had prepared a complete four course meal but our plans went awry. The procession ended up at the village hall, led by the brass band and we were swept up and inside for "aperos". Having taken a quick look and decided to head back, we were spotted and told it was out of the question, so we ate beautiful canapes and had a drink or two and staggered back about 8.30, unable to eat more than the starter and dessert. Next day we shared the main course with our neighbours so it all worked out well!
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