Eauze turned out to be a very pleasant town, with the only restaurant in business on Sunday night being La Vie en Rose. Lovely outdoor terrace and even though the owner was waiting on all of the tables, she took very good and prompt care of me. Some of the best Duck confit that I’ve had. When I looked at the 21km planned for today, I realized that it was not going to work for me, so arranged a taxi to drop me part way. Taxi was only free at 11:00am, but that gave me a nice relaxed morning. I was dropped in Manciet, which ended up being about 2.5 hrs. Of walking at a brisk pace to get to Nogaro. My Apple app showed about 8 miles, now 10 after exploring the town with over 20,000 steps, which seemed like plenty. It got really hot this afternoon, 91degrees. Of course by the time I got to town, settled into my gite, had a shower, nothing was either open or serving food. Situation normal in France. For those unfamiliar, let me review the rules of eating in France. You are only permitted to eat between 12:00pm and 2:00pm, and only then if you have a reservation. After 2:00pm you will have to wait until 7:00pm or 7:30pm before being allowed to eat. These rules apply even to fairly decent size towns, but not to really big cities like Paris. An of course, since all the restaurants are likely to be full during the 12:00pm-2:00pm slot, don’t try to go to the grocery store, because that will be closed from 12:00pm to 3:00pm, after all, why would you want to buy food at the time that you might want to eat? But wait, I forgot to mention, many things are just not open at all on Sunday, why? Because it is Sunday. Also many restaurants and grocery stores are not open on Monday, why? Because it is Monday. While this all sounds laughable to Americans, I actually am not kidding, this is really how it is, except the prohibition on serving people lunch will often be invoked as early at 1:30pm. Anyway, with no lunch on the horizon, I was able to find the local Carrefour and get a bag of chips to tide me over. With the weather so hot, back to the gite to hunker down until it cools off. Tomorrow, for some reason Walk The Camino has me scheduled for 27km/17miles! That is not happening! Found the local taxi company and after much explaining that they were “Complet“ the owner took pity on me and agreed to run me 15km down the road to a village at 10:00am tomorrow. That will save well over 4 hours of walking, and still leave a few hours to go. Made arrangements to go to Bayonne for a few days before heading to Caen.