Rest day

Today was our planned rest day. But it's also Monday, and we know in rural France Mondays mean many things are closed. We chilled out in the morning, then walked down through the very quiet town. We found a wine tasting room and tried some of the local specialties. Then back towards our lodging, we stopped at the little market store and got pre-made sandwiches.

We knew that our town had no open restaurants this evening, so we decided to take the train to a bigger neighboring town for the afternoon and hopefully dinner.

We wandered around Selestat, which was also very quiet on this Monday. We stopped into a few cafes for libations, then hoped to get an earlyish dinner so we could catch a 7:16 train home. First place we sat down said their kitchen would open at 5. So we sat around until 5:45, and the kitchen showed no signs of opening. We left and found another place, sat down, and they said their kitchen wouldn't open until 7.

Bah! So we trained home, walked back through our village that had absolutely nothing open, and back to our Airbnb. Luckily we survived on leftover pretzels and laughing cow cheese, and wine.

Lesson learned - be cautious staying in very small towns on Sundays and Mondays!Baca selengkapnya