We had not heard of this little town until very recently. But, when we accepted to do our next house sit in France, we needed to hire a car, and Argentan had a car we could hire and was less than an hour from our destination.

We had to catch two trains to get to Argentan from Rouen. We spent almost two hours in Mézidon where we thought we could have access to wifi and a small café to enjoy some lunch and while away the time.

But, no. It was a tiny station, and rather than relaxing we scrabbled over the limited seating, like in a game of musical chairs with the other waiting patrons inside the station, as it was very windy and cold outside.

But, we survived.

I’d booked us a studio apartment for two nights that had parking, because tomorrow we collect our hire car from E Leclerc. Well, I hope we do – last time I booked through their site I stuffed up, and when we went to collect the car in Bayeux there was none. But that is another story.

The owner of the studio insisted on meeting us at the Gare and driving us to her accommodation. We were very pleased she did, but we were prepared to walk the 1.2Km to get there. What great service. Plus the room is only costing su €70 per night.

Once settled in we ventured off to find some key landmarks. First stop was the Office de Tourisme – of course.

We walked up the main streets in the centre ville – taking in the architecture and getting our bearings for a fuller tour tomorrow.

Mick needed to stock up on some medical supplies – and luckily this pharmacie had what he needed. It will be enough to last him until we get to the UK, where he is hoping he might be able to buy his medication more cheaply than in France.

We found a restaurant (La Table de Fernand) that was rated very highly on TripAdvisor. It was slightly more expensive than some we would normally go to, but as we had had a very light (read cheap) breakfast and lunch, we felt we could ‘treat’ ourselves. It was opposite this church.

We plan on going on a walking tour of the town tomorrow and so we will find out a bit more about this church I’m sure.

Before we received our meals, we shared a small bowl of cream cheese and haddock with toasted baguette, and then an amuse-bouche each of  tuna ravioli.

Mick chose the duck and I had quail. Neither of us was disappointed. Another bonus was we could buy a pichet of house wine – very reasonably priced at €8.50 for 500mL.

I thought I needed to describe the meals because they looked nothing like we were expecting – they were delicious though.