Stopped for some retail therapy at Troyes. We had planned on going in to the old town, but we keep finding that it is really hard to get parked safely, so we went to the Magasins d'Usines (outlet stores) instead. Overcame my natural reluctance to shop and did lots of lounging in expensive deckchairs (lafuma), window shopped at the clothes and champagne shops...really not my thing (apart from the champagne of course).
Found a fabulous fabric store, lots of upholstery fabrics, all €1/metre. Bought lots of fabric for some of my next upholstery projects. Sad woman.
A bit of info about Troyes...it is where the Troy ounce comes from...for measuring gold!
After that we went to an aire at the Lacs d'Orient. Really lovely spot besiden a lake, lots of other motorhomes. Lots of bats, some deer prints on the beach and trees full of mistletoe...again.
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