Travel Blogs from Vezac, France
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Marquessac Gardens
We spent the morning doing some bigger laundry items such as pyjamas since it was supposed to be sunny and warm all day. It seems to warm up enough to be comfortable outside by 11 or so once all the frost melts. Anoop took the bikes off the back to give ...
Dada I Hungee, Mama I want a cwasant
We have left Paris and are currently being rocked gently by the swaying train as we enter the French countryside. Buildings are slowly being replaced by wheat fields and small stone houses. A glimpse of a castle every now and again reminds us that we ...
Lounging in the Perigord
We are still in the Dordogne and are spending our time eating, entertaining Collette, and going to open air markets. We recently went to a fete (festival) which the town's rugby teams sponsored. Upon entering the town square each person was handed a head ...
Eating our way through August
Dinner fete in Audrix. This is a medieval fete where you sit in the town square surrounded by vendors selling food which varies from crepes to pizza. Well I guess that does not vary too much but you get the picture. For one Euro Christy and Collette ...
Dordogne - Our 30th wedding anniversary
30 years today we were married at St Lucia, Brisbane! Doesn't seem nearly that long! Nathalie, our hostess, organized a small gathering with the other guests, on the terrace at Lys de Castelnaud. Had Mumm champagne we'd bought earlier & fruit liquors ...
Dordogne - Le Bugue market & Belves
Started the day at market at Le Bugue. As we're now used to, there are tastings from cheese & saucisson stalls. Even a kangaroo saucisson at this one! Breads, pastries, fruit & vege, ... Then there's the clothes. C had to have some cardigans (what a ...
Around Sarlat, in our country little villa
... countryside, surrounded by fields, stone buildings, little churches and of course the locals! So our last stop in France was in the little town of Vezac, where we stayed in a small 3 story converted loft that was attached to a working farm of sunflowers, ...
Dordogne - Lys de Castelnaud & Day 1
Nathalie's place is a great find. Great location - can see 3 castles from here, & a 4th is up the hill behind us. We're in walking distinct to 3 'plus beau villages' - Castelnaud, Roque Gageac, & Beynac. 30 minutes or less to Belves to west, Sarlat to ...
Dordogne - Castenaud & grottes
Last full day. What to do?! Must see Castenaud according to other guests, & C wants to see 'grottes' (caves). Start with Castelnaud. C had wanted to walk, but accepted we needed to get our skates on. Lucky, as the walk to the village would have been ...
Dordogne - Canoeing
Spent an afternoon canoeing down the Dordogne. Water flows at a good pace, so no need to paddle to vigorously (unless you try to catch up to the powered cruise boat or spend too much time resting on the bank!) Drifted past the three villages (Roque ...
Dordogne - Beynac Castle
After opulence of Loire valley, the older castles of the Dordogne have a more real feel. Beynac has a commanding view over the Dordogne valley, & over it's village, squashed between the cliff the castle is built on, & the Dordogne ...
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