Day13 Interlaken to Metz

Started today with a dodgy Nabbs Nav, wanted to take us to Metz via Croatia and a 450 miles diversion. So we set off blindly have discussed the outlining route from Interlaken up towards Bern, Basel and a village colled Bonhomme for a lunch time stop. So after nearly 2 1/12 hours of constant motorway style driving, it was a heaven sent joy to head up through the Alsasce region and through the wineyards and distilleries up in the hilled regions.

Stopped for lunch at a roadside cafe and a quick Croque Monsuier for lunch or a Goats Cheese salad, with a coke and some water before regaining our mini convoy up towards Nancy and finally Metz, via the Newley created football stadium that was used by England during the World Cup.

The Ibis was located and cars parked up outside for 5 miuntes to off load bags, before heading off to find the underground car park at the station, weher we looked like a proper Italian Job driving the wrong way around the car park to find some spaces.

As the time was kicking on, we decided that valours against vanity, lkets find a bar ! was the request. We headed into the Old Town and lookd around the catherderal and the town squares, before stopping at our second bar for a few more drinks.

7pm! "Im Hungry!" from Jan and a few others, so we decided that the French Resturant we had seen on the way down would work and we headed off through town again.

Hmmm, not what we wanted ! came the reply, so we finally decided that the Dry Aged Steak house would be the final resting stop of todays adventurers. All shared a hot "Sausage Roll" type Pate, before different Steaks were brought to the tabvle (Veal, Entrocote, Pepper Sauce) and 3 x carafes of house Red wine. Great e meal, very slow though!!! but the bill came, I urged to get it paid without to much of a fuss, then they asked why we were rushed out? Well the bill for evcerything was slightly wrong! 136 euros only, should have been around 300 we thought! Nevermind, never going back in to that one.

Final walk back to the Hotel for a Night cap, sorry we dont have a bar! Blimey, where can we go..... well the bar around the corner allowed us to have a new topilet update for the day and a few loud moments with a very bnice young bar man!

Greate Day, lots of miles covered and fed an watered.