Saturday, June 29: Pont de l'arche, France

Just outside Rouen in our campground here in Pone de l'arche, we awoke to rain.  It had rained on and off all night and was supposed to continue all day.  We cannot complain since this is our first poor weather day since we arrived.  We decided to stay right in the campground and have a nice down day after the last couple of days driving wow - 250 miles in two days?   Not much compared to the mileage we did in the States.  In fact, yesterday, was our second diesel fill up since we arrived.  Normally, we fill up once or even twice a day with the huge miles we travel in the USA.

So, we relaxed, took showers, cleaned the RV, did a quick grocery shop before the store closed at noon, and settled in with free WiFi when we changed campsites to be closer to the office.  I was able to catch up with the blog - I feel an obligation since so many expressed interest in hearing about our trip.

The clouds cleared and the sun came out around 5pm, so we took a walk into the great little town.

The church at the top of the hill

 We are parked next to the Seine at the bottom of a hill.  At the top is this wonderful big old church that could use some TLC.

 The town has these incredibly small alleyways with half-timbered homes and shops.  We stopped at the only open shop (a patisserie - pastry bakeshop) and enjoyed a wonderful biscuit-type cookie that we munched as we strolled.

The church on the hill above our campground

Have I mentioned the bells?  We have enjoyed the hourly tolling of bells from the local church in every place we have stayed.

 Pinch me.