A plan can always be changed if the circumstances call for it. The beauty of this is you might end up with something more beautiful.

We started today super slow. And finally decided we could walk the 12 kms to Fumel for our errands run. And we decided to go with packs as another training experience. After walking about 2 kms we encountered a detour. Okay, detours happen when traveling as well as in life.

We checked our route on the phone and suddenly realized our 12 kms/7.5 miles had an additional 5 kms3.1 miles both ways. This was more than we bargained for…so we learned the lesson from the day before, “Adjust, Adapt, Accept.”

In front of us about 1 km ahead was a village and it looked quaint and beautiful so we decided to have a stop there. We walked around the church but alas it was not open. We walked down the street and found a nice cafe, had a drink and decided to head back to the house. Another 5 km and we would be home. We are our sandwiches as we made our way. Also this route took us on actual walking/biking paths so much nicer than being on the road. And through a vineyard.

The change in plans allowed for a more relaxed walk, a visit to a village we would have just driven through on our way somewhere else, and more ease for our bodies. I think we are ready to head out next week for the West Highland Way and I’m certain it will come with its own challenges. I welcome them.

We ran our errands in Fumel, came back to the house, rested, showered and got read for a nice dinner out in Puy l’eveque. We planned to eat at a little Italian restaurant.

The restaurant was at the top of the city. We parked at the lower part of the city and walked up. We figured we would walk off dinner. 😂

The restaurant opened at 18u so that’s what time we got there and that was fine but they didn’t start serving until 19u. So we took another walk around town and down to the bottom of town again. We stopped at a cafe for a drink and at 19u made our way back up to the top.

It was worth every step we took. The food was delicious (we actually ordered a pizza to eat Saturday night, our last night in France). The staff was friendly and more than accommodating. We met a group of English travelers looking to buy property in the area. He’s been coming here for over 20 years so he thought why not buy a place? Why not indeed, life is too short not to make your dreams a reality!

And that was another day on our French adventure!!

Hope you make today memorable! ❤️

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