{"id":10367,"date":"2018-04-03T20:09:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T20:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=10367"},"modified":"2018-04-05T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:15:30","slug":"tuesday-3rd-april-2018-i-have-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=10367","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 3rd April 2018 &#8211; I HAVE BEEN &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; out to visit an apartment today. <\/p>\n<p>Not that I have all that much intention of buying anything, but when you see a one-bedroom duplex apartment with sea view and private parking for just \u20ac70,000, you have to go to look (at least, one of us does) otherwise I shall always be wondering about it.<\/p>\n<p>It was on the edge of St Pair sur Mer so I met Liz in the town and we met up with the estate agent who took us on a scenic tour of the town until we found it.<\/p>\n<p>And much to my surprise, it wasn&#8217;t as much of a ruin as some that I had seen at much more of a price. But it was small and inconvenient and there was no way that the accommodation could be rearranged to make a decent kitchen and fit the washing machine in. And so I politely declined.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the Estate Agent&#8217;s office, we found that the Estate Agent had locked himself out so we left him to it and went for a coffee at the bar on the corner where we encountered France&#8217;s entry in the &#8220;World&#8217;s Worst Waiter&#8221; competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1804\/1804003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1804\/1804003.jpg\" alt=\"st pair sur mer manche normandy france\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a> The coffee was followed by a walk along the beach in and amongst the groups of schoolkids having their &#8220;classes d\u00e9couvertes&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s a lot more to St Pair-sur-Mer as I discovered as we walked along the beach. Although I&#8217;ve been here on many occasions this is the first time that I&#8217;ve walked along the beach, and I never knew that there was a river here.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I may be none-the-wiser but I&#8217;m certainly learning a lot.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p>And having made a conscious decision earlier today to take all of the old cardboard boxes to the <em>dechetterie<\/em> on the way back, I promptly forgot, and had to turn around halfway home to go back.<\/p>\n<p>This morning it was a struggle to leave my bed at 06:30 and I failed to beat the second alarm. So a slow steady morning during which I caught up with some of the weekend&#8217;s undone work and assembled my new chair (which doesn&#8217;t seem to be as comfortable as it was in the shop). But then again what do you expect for \u20ac36:00?<\/p>\n<p>Tea was stuffed peppers (with too much hot spice in the stuffing) and spicy rice, followed by my walk during which I was waylaid by the long-haired black cat.<\/p>\n<p>So I need to organise myself so much better tomorrow. I have a lot to do and it won&#8217;t ever be done at the rate at which I seem to be working right now.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-10367 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='10367' data-nonce='735c0713c9' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-10367 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-10367 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='10367' data-nonce='735c0713c9' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-10367 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-10367 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; out to visit an apartment today. Not that I have all that much intention of buying anything, but when you see a one-bedroom duplex apartment with sea view and private parking for just \u20ac70,000, you have to go to look (at least, one of us does) otherwise I shall always be wondering about it. 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