Chateau des ducs de Savoie<\/a>, the local medieval fortress. But it was Monday, a day when many things in France are closed and this fortress was one of them. It started raining harder so we ducked into a store selling cheap jewelry. About 90 minutes later we exited with some new earrings for Marlene’s collection. We stopped at a pub for a beer and a hot dog (advertised on a board outside) but got only the beer. The excuse for no hot dog started with “it is too late” as they served lunch only until 1:30. But it was 1:25 so that didn’t fly. Eventually the excuse morphed into “we ran out of hot dogs.” But it was Monday and no one was in the place. I can’t imagine that they sold more than a handful. Whatever. I was happy with a beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe went back to the hotel but Marlene was still itching for a trip to a thrift store so we got a recommendation from the desk lady at the hotel and ventured back out. But that store was more like a cheap Walmart (is that redundant?) than a thrift store so we returned empty-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We played cards (Marlene won both games, as usual), then I spent quite a bit of time blogging. Dinner was bread and butter with a chocolate croissant for dessert. Dinner on the cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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