Memo to self: Where we park in Vichy is in one of the car parks by the Mairie! We had trouble finding it and at first the Swan Whisperer wanted us to park somewhere where it would be about 30 minutes walk to get to the spa park and back - I don't think so! But eventually we found where we like to park, and it was gratifying free on a Monday. This, of course, means that most shops are not open, but it is not closed up quite as much as Moissac, for instance, is, and many bars and cafés were doing a roaring trade.
We had a lovely walk. I gather it was proposed(?) named(?) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021, and it is doing what it can to justify that nomination in terms of refurbishing the place. Most of the park has been refurbished now, and looks very nice - the Swan Whisperer said it had been heaving the previous evening, and I'm not surprised - but a lot of work is still being done. We were able to enter one of the "Sources", but not to drink the water, which is a pity.
After our walk, we headed on to what I hoped would be the nearest Lidl, but the Satnav started taking us all round the houses, and there was a large Carrefour, so I shopped there, instead. After which I was very low blood sugar and felt cross and weepy, and it was a good 15 minutes to the picnic place where the SW had decreed we would have lunch. Once that had happened, I felt sleepy (often do, after a hypo), and slept most of the way to Chalon-sur-Saône. We are parked up in the municipal aire we have used before, and I'm looking forward to a walk in the morning. The SW has gone for a leg-stretch and to remind himself of the layout of the place. I, meanwhile, am very amused by the plethora of young people, obviously going to or from playing sport, who, by their hairstyles and dress, could be clones of my older grandson! Teenagers everywhere look the same....
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