First, I have to say that last night was completely off the hook!! The Gite was run by a Belgian couple Chris and Raymond and they both had the hospitality gene in a big way. After immediately welcoming me with a glass of rose, and showing me my quarters, it was into the pool for a brief swim. Pool was very cold, but felt good to sit with legs and feet in. After washing some clothes and hanging them on the line I did my blog post. Was then joined by some other Belgian guests and ensued a lively conversation. In the meantime, Raymond spent pretty much the whole afternoon cooking and Chris made the table look like a fancy restaurant. Promptly at 7:30 we were served a tonic spritzer of some sort, then and amuse Bouche and a glass of rose. Then followed individual ramekins of eggplant Parmesan, then a chicken dish with duck fat fried potatoes, then a cheese course, then a dessert. All served with copious amounts of house wine. After that out came the cognac, Armangac, calvados, limoncello, prune moonshine etc….Pretty sure Belgians know how to have a good time…. Amazingly enough, I was in fine shape at 7:00am the next morning and Raymond generously drove me ahead to meet Thomas and Manfred 8km further at their gite, this made my day only 20km instead of 28km which is more than adequate. Today, walk was tolerable and it was nice having company. Hotel is a classic pile from 1911 near the train station, but unfortunately the long hot shower was not to be as it had the no shower curtain hand held shower head which invariable results in the whole bathroom being soaked.