Oh no(se)!

This morning we were woken early by the first tram chugging down the mall outside our hotel, a morning that also brought some rain and ...
First however our impressions of Orleans which weren't too favourable after yesterday's debacle:

• Clean
• Dog poo less
• Well laid out
• Easily walkable
• Good quality boutique shops
• Beautiful buildings
• Gorgeous old town area
• Grand gothic Cathedral 

Perhaps in short, one of if not the nicest French or Spanish city (as distinct from village) we have visited on any trip including Paris.
After walking around town for a while with Sherry I returned to the hotel to follow the football and left her to continue her assault on any shop that was open (they all were!).
A couple of hours later Sherry also returned holding a paper tissue to a very bloodied nose - as she was walking out of a shop she walked straight into the closed glass door and gave herself a fearful smack.

The picture doesn't do it or her justice!
It seems she is an accident waiting to happen - Singapore 2015, tripped over on sidewalk, Cardiff 2017, slipped on stairs at Castle!
After lunch we went "sightseeing"

Joan of Arc statue in square


The house where she lived


The Loire river


The Cathedral


Quite beautiful narrow "rues"


Gate crashed another wedding 


A selfie with the Loire in the background 
Today is our last day before we hit Paris - we are staying at the Hilton at Charles de Gaulle airport before we fly out midday the next day so whether we take the Metro into central Paris for a few hours remains problematic so this could be our last day out in a French city or for that matter Europe.
Will we come back? - would love to but that will depend on what the future holds.
Also today we say goodbye to ....

.... our trusty kettle which we purchased in Bilbao for €16 and which has served us well in those hotels which don't provide such a facility (and that is every Spanish one).