Nice day out...cold...41 degrees, Brrrrr. 9 am we left bound for our BIG CITY Bourges...
pop. 68 988...looks and feels much bigger than Fairfield and Vallejo COMBINED! It has many commercial areas, not limited to just the ancient downtown and it's wonderful shops. Not exactly "strip malls" as we percieve them in the US but not as polished on the outside or made to fit in with the surrounding buildings as we experience in California. The electric yellow fields of COLZA/RAPESEED/Canola surround us on the way. The stores are very modern, change of the layout is regular, the clerks and helpers are kind and very friendly. It's an easy transaction to buy anything. The language of exchange is easy. Be polite, smile, hand the appropriate amount of currency...merci (thank you) goes a long way, and it's done. Easier than Mexico, though they are friendly as well.
Then to our hardware store of hardware stores, Leroy Merlin, to get a book on the electrical systems here and so Kelly can look over paints. Off to Mondail World...huh? World World...? Anyway the interior is bright, cheery and well laid out and far different than last year. Rooms laid out, modern, highly styled, olde...beautifully laid out, fair prices. Nothing to entice us though. We're difficult these days. Very.
We drive home amongst billowing cumulous clouds, a big sky indeed! We went north towards Verizon then left (west) towards Chateauroux. Again we are assaulted by the brightest yellow fields of Colza all ringed by poppies and a tiny blue flower that complements it. Beautiful!
pop. 68 988...looks and feels much bigger than Fairfield and Vallejo COMBINED! It has many commercial areas, not limited to just the ancient downtown and it's wonderful shops. Not exactly "strip malls" as we percieve them in the US but not as polished on the outside or made to fit in with the surrounding buildings as we experience in California. The electric yellow fields of COLZA/RAPESEED/Canola surround us on the way. The stores are very modern, change of the layout is regular, the clerks and helpers are kind and very friendly. It's an easy transaction to buy anything. The language of exchange is easy. Be polite, smile, hand the appropriate amount of currency...merci (thank you) goes a long way, and it's done. Easier than Mexico, though they are friendly as well.
Then to our hardware store of hardware stores, Leroy Merlin, to get a book on the electrical systems here and so Kelly can look over paints. Off to Mondail World...huh? World World...? Anyway the interior is bright, cheery and well laid out and far different than last year. Rooms laid out, modern, highly styled, olde...beautifully laid out, fair prices. Nothing to entice us though. We're difficult these days. Very.
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