total km: 7073.4
After a full 10 hours of sleep Katie still struggled to open her eyes without her head swirling. Though she hadn’t had sip of alcohol for days, she felt like she was in the depths of a nasty hangover. A slow rising and a slow pace to the day was necessary. Thankfully, we already decided last night that we are going to extend our Magdelenian experience by two days, so Katie’s sickness couldn’t have been better timed.
Pushing up our driveway. With only a quick bite in us for breakfast our first stop was in Cap aux Moules for lunch. Pas Perdus, brimming with character and a local clientele, is a bistro/bar/internet cafe that oozes with island atmosphere. We arrived with no expectations, were immediately impressed with the atmosphere and absolutely sold once the table d’hote commenced. The main feature was, of course, fresh from the sea. We were more than pleased with our ample portion of halibut topped off with lobster sauce. Washing it all down was a pint of the rouge variety of the local brew. Only the blonde is yet to be tasted.
All around us were carefree locals. There was a twitterpated 80 year old couple sipping wine and playfully throwing flowers at each other, young parents joyfully sipping expressos and a lone man kicking his feet up, enjoying the sunshine and his pint of beer. We were so taken with our surroundings that we ended up milling with the locals and losing ourselves in our book for hours.
Finally stirring from the spell, we set off to continue our exploration of the islands. We stopped at many a local establishment, sampling chocolates, baked goods and the local art, some of which is really quite impressive. It took much restraint not to empty our pockets at some of the boutiques.
Once again victims of the island time, it was already 4:30 before we really got going on seeing the island. We only made it to the South Western shore of Cap aux Moules today, and we didn’t even completely finish our tour, but seeing any more would have required us to rush - something that just doesn’t fly around here.
The colours even extend to their boats.
Heading to the lighthouse.
The second this horse saw us he perked up and trotted over to us like an excited puppy. He was super excited when he discovered the carrots in Katie's pannier. 
Can you tell that Katie is deathly afraid of horses?
Tried our hands at fishing. B&K
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