Thus begans the next part of our saga. Chips had given us directions to her house, but we couldn't find it. We stopped in the middle of Sarlat, to tell here where we were, which is when she realized we had come in from the opposite direction than she had thought. So she gave us new directions. We tried to follow those, but they didn't work either. So we're looping around the middle of town, several times. This time we ask a man in one of those flourescent vests, and he says our road is ahead on the right. But we can't find it.
We keep looping and I'm turning random directions, hoping to find a landmark we can use. We pass a hospital and a cemetery. I finally pulled over and turned on my phone to try and google her house, but I couldn't get any telephone service!
We had passed a sign for an Ibis, the hotel we stayed at in Paris, so we go there. Mom went inside to pee and ask directions, while I tried to connect to wifi. But the wifi was different and needed a password. But we lucked out! There was a local woman working at the hotel who knew exactly what we were looking for, and gave us a town map and directions.
So we follow the map and end up getting really close to our destination. It turns out the man we asked was correct. Our road was up ahead on the right. But you had to turn onto another road which became the road we needed. The one Chips had given us the name of. So we finally get around the corner from her place and she comes out and we've arrived! Huzzah! Then it's time for drinks and later, supper.
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