Yesterday we took a day trip to Le Puy en Velay, which is a town about an hour and a half from us. It’s known for it’s cathedral, lentils and lace-making. They have a weekly market on Saturdays so we walked around and, of course, bought some lentils. Then we stopped at La Table du Plot for lunch where we had an appetizer of lentils with pigs feet (for the record I probably wouldn’t order that again…but we had to try it).
After lunch we checked out some of the lace shops near the cathedral and watched a shop owner making lace outside. Then we went to the cathedral where we had to walk up 60 steps to the entrance. While taking some pictures, we noticed a man laying down on a slab of stone in the front of the church and had no idea what he was doing. After reading more about it, this is a stone slab where people can lay upon it in hopes to receive healing.
We then went to Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe, a small chapel built on a volcanic extrusion. We had to climb 268 steps carved into the rock to get to the chapel so it was a good workout getting up there but definitely worth it! The chapel was a lot smaller than I thought it would be, but really interesting to see. There was a walkway built around the chapel so you could walk around it and see views of the city from all directions. We were able to see the Statue of Notre Dame as well.
We were pretty tired after that climb so we headed home and had to stop at McDonald’s on the way after I saw a sign that they had McFlurries with Speculoos cookies. Let me tell you, this was delicioussss! And while I was in McDonald’s I noticed they were selling cans of Heineken…ahhh you just gotta love Europe!
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