Day 24 – Thu 03 Jul 14, Metz
Forecast: 13-28 deg C; no riding Even though it cost Euro 15.50 each for breakfast we figured we would probably pay that again for lunch each and as we could sneak some lunch out from breakfast we decided it would be cheaper to pay that. Breakfast was a good spread complete with bacon and eggs. Wendy had wanted a hazelnut crepe for a while and she finally got to have one. She said it was gooood! It was a really beautiful day to be out wandering around this interesting city in the NE of France. It was worth every crappy path/road to reach Metz; the place is magnifique to say the least. It has a 3000 year history and lucky for us they kept plenty of parks, gardens and open spaces when it was planned and built 100s of years ago. Being fairly close to the German border it has also changed hands several times. We started our wanderings at the 13th century St Stephens Cathedral which is one of Europe's biggest and highest, over 120m long x ...