Walk: 6km; total: 356km
And so ends week 7.
Another late start to the day, mainly because breakfast was not until 7:30am. We probably should’ve been a tad more organized and left the hotel earlier than 9:30am given the forecast. We weren’t the only ones sweating. We followed the fairly useless tourist map for all of about five minutes, lost the little triangle, then Wendy lost interest in the rest of the sights. Admittedly, most of them were just streets, but we did get most of the buildings listed and other interesting looking things.
The standout sight for the day was the Abbey of Saint Philibert and the Porter’s Tower attached to the Abbey. You can read about it at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Philibert,_Tournus .
We returned to our cool room about lunch time to escape the heat. After a few hours we decided we needed to get back out there to see some more stuff and hunt for dinner. We only made it to the Lidl supermarket, bought our dinner and then went straight back to the hotel - it was not too bad in the shade and when the breeze was blowing, but out in the open, especially on the white concrete paths, it was HOT! You could feel the heat trying to cook you.
Back in our room, we watched Stage 10 of the TDF. We are hoping that it’s a little cooler tomorrow for our ride to Macon.
Tournus train station building, next to our hotel
Our hotel from a different angle
Hotel de Greuze, a rather larny 4* hotel across the road from ours,
with the tower of the Abbey behind it
The Abbey of Saint Philibert and the Porter’s Tower
The impressive organ which seems to defy gravity.
The impressive entrance area.
Bible stand.
The Crypt
These mosaics were found underneath the stone tiles in the Abbey after an archeological dig.
They suspect there are many more.
Staircase into the Tower
Another staircase, presumably to the bells
The Cloister
Trees on the river, the shade was very welcome
A building from 1913
Street art
A river cruise boat was in port
Saône River scenery
Courthouse - early 18th century
Photobombed by a pigeon
Sundial
Town Hall - 17th Century
Even from a distance the Abbey is impressive.
Hooley Dooley, it's only 32° in the NT
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