IThe down side if renting a house in a village is that it is right on the road. It was a little noisy at first with all the coming and going early (for us retires) in the morning. But we don't even hear the race cars going by at 5:30 am anymore, don't hear the church bells at 7:30 am and school is out so kids are not being dropped at 8.
The up side is we can lean out the window and see if the bread store is open and can watch the action with the street paving. The kid driving the truck looked like he was about twelve with a cigarette hanging out oh his mouth.
The older experienced guys were behind uncovering the manholes and drains. Too much fun.
Tom and I are planning a return trip to rent a boat and travel up and down the canal. We think the grandkids will be the perfect age in about 8 to 10 years.
We got back just in time to watch the Tour de France on TV. Today it went through the pavee section of Northern France, Tom's absolute favorite, the course of the famous Paris-Roubaix race. The finish was in the town of Arenburg where we stayed in one April. We could see the cottage we rented, or at least one of the several hundred miner cottages that all look the same.
We brought home pizza and beer to start off the race, then I had to go take a nap.
Mine is the Tuniss pizza olives, potatoes, Onions, chicken and merges sausage- no cheese Tom's has lots of cheese.
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