Amazing. The shoes are indeed a relic. I will ask Orleans veterans whether they remember a shoemaker called J. Tachon. This is the kind of stories I like. The local drink you had is called café-calva. It is an old fashioned drink that is still offered to guests in some places. The younger generations does not add Calvados any more (too strong). I didn't know you actually visited Orleans. I know some of you went to Bricy because that's where Joe Foreman met his pilot Robinson who he thought was dead in his crash, but was in fact saved by a farmer. (this frenchman is still alive and is a great man, who fought in the resistance and joined the regular army at the Lorient front in 1944-1945).Please tell us more about your stay in Orleans

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