Due to the rain, thunder and lightning! we decided to stay a little longer at Verdun sur le Doubs and take in some of the history of the village.
On Wednesday afternoon, we did the historic walking tour (thankfully in between the rain, thunder and lightning) based on a leaflet from the Tourist Information Office.
We started at the Church of Saint Jean with its beautiful interior and then walked to Place Saint Jean where some houses have been built on the ruins of the ramparts. At the end of Place Saint Jean, there is a beautiful residence with a tower and on the corner is an inscription which shows the level of the flood in 1910 at 8.21m.
We then walked along the bank of the Petit Doubs and across a beautiful footbridge into the old town. We found a public toilet at the end of the footbridge and nosey Jim couldn’t resist opening the door to see inside. We were amazed, it was spotlessly clean, and the old fashioned style! (see picture).
We followed the Rue Des Jardins towards Rue De L’Hopital (this was the street of weavers) which had beautiful half timbered houses that had been restored in the medieval style.
Then it was along the Grande Rue to number 30 where we came across an old Pharmacy founded in 1855 by Bejot.
We then headed towards the Place de L’Hotel de Ville where the Town Hall stands, built in 1836 and then back onto Doubs bank again, across the Bridge of Bragny which dominates the meeting point of the two rivers: the Doubs and the Saone. It also shows the variation of the water level (see picture) over the years - amazing.
It was a lovely walk and took us about one hour.
We managed to get back to GG for lunch, before a huge downpour of rain started, followed by more thunder and lightning. It was amazing to watch, we have never seen torrential rain like this, well not in France anyway!
We will leave tomorrow morning, heading for Seurre, as the forecast for the morning is dry with more rain forecast for later in the day.
Another little snippet of information for everyone, we have been to 47 places since our first stop in Bangor, Northern Ireland, up to this point.
On Wednesday afternoon, we did the historic walking tour (thankfully in between the rain, thunder and lightning) based on a leaflet from the Tourist Information Office.
We started at the Church of Saint Jean with its beautiful interior and then walked to Place Saint Jean where some houses have been built on the ruins of the ramparts. At the end of Place Saint Jean, there is a beautiful residence with a tower and on the corner is an inscription which shows the level of the flood in 1910 at 8.21m.
We then walked along the bank of the Petit Doubs and across a beautiful footbridge into the old town. We found a public toilet at the end of the footbridge and nosey Jim couldn’t resist opening the door to see inside. We were amazed, it was spotlessly clean, and the old fashioned style! (see picture).
We followed the Rue Des Jardins towards Rue De L’Hopital (this was the street of weavers) which had beautiful half timbered houses that had been restored in the medieval style.
Then it was along the Grande Rue to number 30 where we came across an old Pharmacy founded in 1855 by Bejot.
We then headed towards the Place de L’Hotel de Ville where the Town Hall stands, built in 1836 and then back onto Doubs bank again, across the Bridge of Bragny which dominates the meeting point of the two rivers: the Doubs and the Saone. It also shows the variation of the water level (see picture) over the years - amazing.
It was a lovely walk and took us about one hour.
We managed to get back to GG for lunch, before a huge downpour of rain started, followed by more thunder and lightning. It was amazing to watch, we have never seen torrential rain like this, well not in France anyway!
We will leave tomorrow morning, heading for Seurre, as the forecast for the morning is dry with more rain forecast for later in the day.
Another little snippet of information for everyone, we have been to 47 places since our first stop in Bangor, Northern Ireland, up to this point.
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