What a find? We had travelled for several hours through picturesque country; along minor, windy roads. It was worth the trip. The hotel was old to say the least. Our room had a view to the station and car park. Sun shone brilliantly through the floor to ceiling windows giving an impression of a summer's afternoon. Colours from the lead light windows in the bathroom created a pleasing ambiance. But down to the serious stuff. We'd travelled in front of the protests and hence had not washed (any clothes) for days. Sunlit room, viola time to rinse some items. Restaurant booked, then blogging and rest prior to dinner at 7:30. Fortunately we read Ken's blog and discovered that there was a possibility of a fuel shortage due to the strike action so we were most appreciative of local knowledge. Thank you, Ken. We dressed for dinner and made our way downstairs to the bar for a glass of wine. 
Nothing had prepared us for the fine menu that was presented to us. So many choices of the highest quality. I selected the 36 Euro option where chef had created a number of courses so well matched that all I had to do was wait and be surprised. Stephen ordered the scrambled eggs with truffles, a casselout and the souffle. Chef was disappointed with the souffle so Stephen was treated to something special courtesy 
of a very honourable and proud gentleman. Our wine was a red Clos des Menutes (don't quote my spelling.) Worth every Euro. I believe that I'll me in Nabonne sometime on October, 14th. On the road just after 10:00am we encountered our first protest and street blockade of the day but as it was only about a kilometre we managed to find an alternative route around the police barrier. We only took one wrong turn. I snapped this picture or the railway bridge as we sought new directions from Navman following our protest driven, detour.
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