Today I thought we would walk through the town of St. Satur. Having seen the town from above, from the overlook at Sancerre, I wanted the kids to see the aqueduct up close (even though our taxi driver told us on the way through that it wasn’t that old- only about 200 years).
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| Boys by the aqueduct in St. Satur |
This was a great introduction to the idea of wandering around to see what we could find. The kids complained a bit and thought we were lost. I kept saying "let’s just see what we can find." We saw a an old cathedral, which looked like it wasn't finished. I didn’t even take a photo of it because it was sort of pathetic. Did they run out of money? Then I noticed that the sculptures on the cornices had their head knocked off. Some of the exterior walls appeared to be interior walls, strange. I wanted to explore it more, but the kids complained, so we kept going.
We made it all the way to the canal at the edge of town. It runs parallel to the Loire, but the river is still about a mile away. I was satisfied, so we headed back through town and tried to find a restaurant for lunch. The only place open required reservations, so we pulled out the chocolate croissants we bought at the supermarket and picnicked in a park that was on the side of the road, but carved into a little roundabout and surrounded by a little waterway that was redirected from the creek. Weird, but it had tables and chairs, so I said “go for it!”
I am hoping the sense of adventure is contagious because my kids are seriously lacking!
We had a great afternoon back in Sancerre. Weather was awesome and the village was filled with tourists— almost bustling for Sancerre! We went to our favorite creperie.
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| More crepes! |
Samuel and I looked up the St. Satur church when returned from our late lunch. It wasn’t that the cathedral was never finished. It was had been partially destroyed in the Hundred Year’s War, some 300 years after it was consecrated in 1104. WOW. Now I am sorry I didn’t take pictures of it! Samuel and I were amazed. Of course I had a big I TOLD YOU SO moment about keeping an open mind and blah blah blah. I have three months for them to get it. Hopefully they’ll have a little faith next time.
I have to admit, though, it’s happened to me before when traveling. You are happy to wander around, but you can’t help but get the feeling that something really awesome is one street over. There are no guidebooks for St. Satur, so I really had to wing it. I am hoping to get my kids over to see the Loire at some point so they can reference it later. It’s about 5 miles from here. Guess we have to work our way up to that distance. We did about four miles round trip today and they were very slow coming back.
Wait til they get to the six story walk up in Paris!!!
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| Boys enjoy the hub-bub of beautifl weather in Sancerre; above left, Samuel in front of vineyards; above right, our house |
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