A night in Limoges

We left Conques yesterday morning in beautiful weather, but as soon as we got out of the mountains it was raining again!

We were spending the night in Limoges, where the main interest is the museums of porcelain and enamel. It was on the route to Santiago, but nearly everything connected with that era was destroyed in the Revolution. When we first saw the hotel we had booked, it looked so dreadful that we were not sure whether we wanted to stay there! On closer investigation it turned out to be a bit better than it looked from outside, and the rain was getting heavier.

We decided that the museums weren't worth getting wet for, so spent the afternoon lazing around in a room that looks as if it was furnished circa 1960. We are in the area for Limousin cattle, and the only saving grace of this establishment was the very nice steak we had last night in the restaurant.

Today we're driving back to Lasse for a few days' rest and reflection. En route we hope to stop at a place called Melle, a bit south of Poitiers, which has some interesting churches. Poitiers itself has quite a bit to see, but we went there some years ago, and would not have time to do it "properly" again today, so we're by-passing it on this trip.