{"id":1104,"date":"2011-07-19T15:14:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T13:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/2011\/07\/19\/cahors-pronounced-ka-whore\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:09:50","slug":"cahors-pronounced-ka-whore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheresjo.com\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"Cahors &#8211; pronounced Ka Whore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazyguyonabike.com\/doc\/page\/?o=1r4vFZo&amp;page_id=242271&amp;v=18\"><strong>Day 71 &#8211; Albas to Cahors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday July 13, 2011, 44 km (27 miles) &#8211; Total so far: 2,685 km (1,669 miles) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke to another rainy day. We managed to get through 10 weeks without any rain, and first week of the school holidays the drought has been broken. Typical!<\/p>\n<p>It was forecast to be a wet day, and for once the forecast was correct. We got totally drenched. It turns out my brand new cycle jacket isn&#8217;t waterproof and the inside appears to be breaking down. This is pretty typical for me. My cycle jacket when we did Germany\/Austria wasn&#8217;t waterproof either. Anyway, I will be sending the jacket back.<\/p>\n<p>We got to Cahors &#8211; a big town- and seeked shelter for the night. After finding a few hotels to be full already &#8211; we thankfully found a reasonably priced chain hotel.<\/p>\n<p>It was Bastille day eve so there were festivities going on. Apparently the French don&#8217;t celebrate Bastille day (they certainly don&#8217;t call it Bastille day). Most of the celebrations are on the evening before, with Bastille day (or bank holiday as they call it) is simply a day off.<\/p>\n<p>We went for dinner at a restaurant that was recommended. They do their own Foie Gras ( I know &#8211; not a cool thing to eat, but when in France , blah blah) and their own confit de canard (i.e. confit duck not from a tin). The food was ok &#8211; but nothing compared to restaurant Lynne and Bryan&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/dscn21021.jpg' title='dscn2102.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/dscn21021.jpg' alt='dscn2102.JPG' width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>  <a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/dscn20971.jpg' title='dscn2097.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/dscn20971.jpg' alt='dscn2097.JPG' width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was an excellent fireworks display over the old and famous bridge which made for a neat setting. The fireworks were done in sync with music and it was really good. I would have got more photos but I have somehow filled up my 8gb card already!<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/dscn21011.jpg' title='dscn2101.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/dscn21011.jpg' alt='dscn2101.JPG' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 71 &#8211; Albas to Cahors Wednesday July 13, 2011, 44 km (27 miles) &#8211; Total so far: 2,685 km (1,669 miles) We woke to another rainy day. 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