Condom: Cloud, Rain, Sun, 23 Friday Sept 11, 2015

Condom - A Safe Place Indeed ;-)

Sitting in Condom, trying to keep straight faces as we receive some amusing comments from friends! 

We are hanging out killing time waiting to heal up. A very slow morning writing and skyping with folks as an unexpected rain drizzled down for a few hours. Then a late breakfast in a town bar where we planned the update of our home bedroom and the study over a pane de chocolate et tea.

Like I said, a slow day. The town itself is very nice and we have walked the old city district several times  to find distractions. A nice dinner at a small sidewalk pizza place last evening.

Where I had a very nice oven fired thin crust pizza and Annemarie enjoyed a veal dish.

Dessert was a shared chocolate mousse...to die for! Almost as good as this young lady makes, and you know what I mean if you have visited our home on the right occasion.

Like I said, it's a nice little place and is quite beautiful lit up at night.

Pretty good in the daylight too.

Today we had lunch up on this little terrace just on the right of the photo. Enough room for just 5 tables outside. Very romantic I'm told by a good source!

Great view...

A good lunch...

Even a good dessert..

I did say it was a slow day...ok, a very slow day! I'm struggling here and clearly need a good walk to kick things into gear again. We are eating well and I'm hoping to soon have the opportunity to burn it all off.

On the health front, things appear to be on the mend. I have a Skype confab with a specialist from home who generously offered to help me if I experienced any problems on my journey. Not a house call, but a most generous and appreciated effort. I'm always amazed at the generosity I find while on these walks. Very humbling. I have a supply of anti inflammatory drugs that I'm happily popping and I also just picked up a supply of rather heavy duty prescribed pain killers should I require them...just €6!! Wow! Annemarie says that if I get to take these it's only fair if I share. Odd logic, but they gave me 44 of them. I'll avoid them actually unless no choice. After all, I would prefer to remember the walk, not my naps in some ditch! Will see what tonight's discussions reveal.

I'm not sure what I'll show you tomorrow? Any ideas? Well yes, Annemarie was so bored today that she wrote us some poems. The first I apparently inspired, so I'll include it. I always feel pretty good when I inspire a poem! Perhaps tomorrow one or two others to fill the space:-)

"Perspective"

We walk out of the small village early in the morning

Descending then climbing the pattern of our day forming

He says "take a moment, look back at where we've come"

The village sits majestic shining in the sun

Look forward, don't look back we're often told

But today's view negates that position if I may be so bold

In looking back, we may see what we didn't when previously in that place

Enhancing the cache of memories of that time and space

We capture the image by camera and in our hearts

Then turn to move forward again to truly depart

Bon Chemin....I hope!