Tours, France - [Part 1]

Thursday, 26th July '12
From Nice we travelled all the way to Paris Gare de Lyon, to then travel two hours back towards Tours. We got super lost in Paris, missed our transfer and through some magic and kindness from a random lady and a bus driver... we finally go there. Had to wait 45 minutes or so for the next train but we were so sweaty and hungry and tired anyway, we just sat outside for the time and recovered. We didn't arrive into Tours until late. We looked all around the train station for our hotel, me KNOWING our hotel should be right outside. Nothing, and when I asked somebody they were like "that's like 5km away." I am so confused right then. Eventually we find a taxi and take a taxi to our hotel, which is right in front of the train station. We'd got off one stop too far.

The ironic thing is that we ALMOST got off at the right station, and then didn't, cause thought we were at the wrong station. We suck.

Friday, 27th July '12

Today started off lazy, slow and continued without any direction. But I enjoyed it none-the-less. After trying to watch GSL live and giving up, Sarah and I had some breakfast and headed into the centre of Tours. We went to the tourist centre and organised some tours etc and had some lunch.

After lunch we literally just walked around Tours for hours and just stumbled into a whole bunch of pretty cathedrals and streets.

 One of the most detailed and epic gothic Cathedrals I've ever seen... and that's a lot.

 A shop of all forms of delicious. 

 Around 6:30 we had some dinner. We keep trying to find a traditional French restaurant, but we keep finding Italian, Chinese, Indian... so frustrating. And we can just never read the menu. Ugh. Each meal time is a guessing game and then crossing fingers that what comes to us is delicious.

 Roast chicken with Thyme. The beans were made in a strong frypan of delicious. Garlic, parsley, butter, all things good. The chicken... hardly any thyme flavour and super dry. I couldn't even eat half, so unpalatable. BUT THOSE BEANS.

Sarah was freaked out by the yolk haha.