Sunday 11/07/21

Got up early today and was out to meet the local walking club for a Sunday walk. Initial meeting, there were three of us and we started off across the bridge. Shortly met up with the rest of the group, I’d guess at least 60 people. Turns out this is the walk of St Martin that happens once a year, from Tours to Lunyes, in total probably about 15km. This is a regular walking club that organized it, and first meet up had coffee, then half way through, the mayor of that local town was handing out apples and bottles of water, then at the end of the walk there was a band, and a big 50 passenger bus to run people back to Tours. Nicely done. It was foggy/rainy for most of the walk, which followed the banks of the Loire, but an enjoyable morning all told. Back to Tours, took some downtime, but did a walk through the botanical garden. Weird seeing Kangaroos and an emu…. Anyway, met up for dinner with Vero, an inspirational tour guide, who went from regular tour guiding for Rick Steves to doing her own angle and now has her own thing doing virtual tours etc. check her out on YouTube or Facebook, under France with Vero, and La Bande de Vero. She has now established herself in Tours and is a big part of why I decided to spend a few days here on this trip. It was lovely to finally meet her. Here’s a sample of her videos. France with Vero Youtube

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