Au Revoir Eymoutiers

We had a quiet last day in Eymoutiers.

I ate cake from my favourite patisserie in our favourite spot.


Then, I fell into La Vienne kind of on purpose.

Later we had cheese and fresh bread in the park again, without the litre of apple juice.

And I finally Googled why there are so many plane vapor trails in France. (I've been wondering about it the whole time I've been here.)

Two reasons; the first, like the other, rational, responders have pointed out is the density of air traffic over Europe compared to Australia. The vapor trails are also influenced by the amount of moisture in the air. The atmosphere over Europe has a much higher level of moisture and is therefore more likely to allow the formation of a vapor trail. (yahoo answers)

Mystery solved... Which is more I can say about our visit to the art gallery. The visiting artist's work was nice enough. None of the women wore shirts in any of the pieces, but at least they were colourful and happy.

Paul Rebeyrolle's work, on the other hand, wasn't as happy or colourful. Rebeyrolle is one of France's most famous artists and was born in Eymoutiers. (And this was one of his more tame pieces.)

Overall, I had enjoyed our stay in Eymoutiers and was a little sad to leave. On our last day, it seemed that everyone we had ever met was in town and greeting us with a happy "bonjour". French people definately aren't rude, at least the country folk aren't. I think I'll miss Eymoutiers.

The Normans peacefully invaded England for 400-odd years and introduced 10,000 French words into our vocabulary, 7,500 of which are still in use. The thing I found out though is that the Normans were actually Vikings who had settled in France (Normandy) 200 years before. Strangely, however, they took on the French language and culture and didn't leave a single Nordic word in northern France.