3rd July

After breakfast at the hotel we walked to the waterfront where we found a produce market and by the time we got to the end of that it wasn’t much further to the centre of town.  Once again we saw all the beautiful fresh vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses and breads, Yum!  Docked alongside was one of those boats you can book to cruise the major rivers of Europe, very flash.  I’m already confident we will make our 10,000 step target today by the time we make it to town for a coffee!  There were lots of locals on the streets either eating at the cafes or enjoying all the public spaces so we sat and enjoyed some ‘people watching’ in Place de la Victoire. We deduce that this is what you have to do if you live in apartments. The square features an unusual red marble obelisk and two bronze turtles with bunches of grapes and wine variety names decorating the shells.  The local kids just can’t resist climbing on them.   We wandered all over town and then caught a tram home after lunch in the square overlooking the beautiful Porte de Bourgogne which reminds me of the castle featured on Disney films. Eric had just connected online when Luke called on Skype.  Great to hear from him, he has an interview for the Fire brigade tomorrow morning so we were pleased to be able to send our best wishes and now have our fingers crossed (very hard to type in that position).  After a bit of a rest, and before we got entranced in the second set between Nadal and Djokovik in the Wimbledon GF, we walked to the Botanic Gardens.  Sadly, these look in need of a good shower of rain, France is still in drought, but there are still many people out enjoying them.  Making our way back to the tram stop we found ourselves very close to the food and wine expo again so we dropped in for a refreshing drink before returning home to prepare for dinner.  I didn’t think I liked cocktails but I have just discovered Mojito!  How refreshing all that crushed lime and mint is after all that walking.  We had dinner on the banks of La Garrone for the last time.  We are intrigued by the latest fashion which is to do away with ice buckets and use these cute, but pretty impractical, tabletop wine cooler bags here.