Domaine Lacoste
Travel Blogs from Carsac Aillac
De la biere en France!
... la cathedrale, de conception romaine, avec ces deux grandes coupoles, puis le vieux quartier, qui nous donnne l'impression d'etre encore a l'epoque medieval, jusqu'au moment ou une auto tourne le coin! Puis le fameux pont Valentre qui surplombe la riviere Lot avec ses trois tourelles.
Pour finir la journee, quoi de mieux qu'une degustation des vin de Cahors au Malbec lounge!
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THE PAST TEN DAYS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE…
... 8217;re from Minnesota!” “Oh, then you can buy our wine at a place called Surdyk’s. In fact, their representative is in the area now trying more wines.” Too weird!
Our third stop was also especially interesting. The property was at the top of a remote hill, with six houses for the owners, their children and grandchildren. Everybody helps with the ...
Dordogne - Bastides, chateaux and walnuts
... strong cupful and sip it appreciatively to savour the rich flavour and aroma.
Sarlat itself offered a cornucopia of produce especially at its Saturday market. The central square of the old town bustled with people. We bought a little supply for our picnic on the way to Domme - saucisson (salami like sausage) which were cheap at the end of the season, the girl assured us, and would keep for three months without refrigeration, wrapped in paper. We took ...
Everywhere we look, a bloody castle!
Roger wanted to go visit some pretty spectacular gardens today. We haven't actually seen much in the way of typical French parterre type gardens since we've been here. We missed the one's at Louis' place. This garden is about 80k's from where we are staying, and like just about everything here, located on the top of a hill! The gardens have a huge amount of clipped hedging and topiary which looked pretty amazing. The view from the top was sensational from ...
Prehistoric Cave Paintings
... the mystery.
The village of Les Eyzies is small but enchanting. The shops sell a lot of local food and artisan products. We had a great dinner for only 11 euros - mozza/ham torte, beef bourguignon, and creme caramel.
I'd really love to return to this area. There are so many sites we still need to see - other caves and prehistoric sites, canoeing down the river, national museum of prehistory, foie gras farms, castles.
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