Rest day in Angouleme

August 16, 2016

Well, what does one do on a rest day? One rests, duh! So I slept in late, ate a biggish breakfast, lolled around the hotel, caught up some on this journal, and went for a walk about town, getting lost several times. Then I took a nap. Nothing spectacular, but that goes with the spirit of Angouleme. The city is reasonably clean, and appears reasonably prosperous, but there is nothing much of note about it. I bought a pair of shorts in a department store so I could have something to,wear when I washed the ones I had been wearing. Ordinary store, ordinary shorts, ordinary day.

An art nouveau building in Angouleme. I like art nouveau, but this was the only example I saw in the city.

A statue of assassinated French president Sadi Carnot, who,was born in the Charente near Angouleme.

Angouleme hosts an annual,comics convention. This character is on the entrance to the railway station. Comics have a much higher respect in France than in the USA. Many comic albums (hard cover!) are for adults and enjoy huge popularity.

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