Rest Day: La Cour du Louvre

After an easy wake up and breakfast, a problem. Our Airbnb for Sunday & Monday nights cancelled, citing water damage that couldn’t be repaired in time.

Our contact in Le Quesnoy recommended another, and I tried to book it. I immediately ran foul of Airbnb’s practice of using phone numbers to send validation codes. With the help of their helpline I eventually found a workaround, but - Murphy’s Law again! - “you have exceeded your time limit, call back later “ 🤬

Taking a break, we went and did some laundry. The pay machine was watch-proof, and after it tried to eat my credit card, we fell back on ancient technology - coins.

Laundry done, we headed off to fulfil one of our trip ambitions. When we were here for our 40th anniversary in 2010, we celebrated at a restaurant that had been recommended to us, La Cour du Louvre. So we went there for a late lunch.

We both enjoyed a fabulous filet de boeuf, perfectly cooked & beautifully presented, with a Côte de Rhône red to drink. We couldn’t resist the desserts: I had a bbq au rhum, and thinking of her mother, Des chose a lemon meringue tart.

Which photo of me is from 2010??

Box ticked!!

Back at the hotel, I booked our new Airbnb in about 2 minutes!

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