Seems like about 20 to 25 days into a trip we hit a wall. You get tired of museums, cute little towns, and fancy restaurants. I know I can hear the worlds smallest violin playing for us. But none the less it happens.
We’ve found there are two cures for this:
- Find something totally different to do – like downhill mountain bike or go paragliding; or
- Try and live a little more like the locals do.
As it’s a ways to the alps from here and some adventure we opted for #2 this trip. We went off to the Mono Prix (the European version of Fred Meyer), bought water, fruit, cheese, chips and some baguettes for a picnic lunch, wandered around the city until we found a place and had lunch. We then walked another 3 or 4 miles exploring the less touristy parts of the town. We stumbled on a couple of wonderful parks and some cool old buildings. No museums or restaurants. We’re going in for a nap now and I know from experience we’ll be ready for the tourist thing again tomorrow when we hit Paris.
Oh and lunch at “Chez Mono Prix” was 7 Euros for both of us. Another benefit.
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