Auberge du Vieux Quercy
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... decipherer of hieroglyphics and consists of an elongated reproduction of the Rosetta Stone. In all, this town had some amazing medieval architecture.
Next we drove to Conques (pronounced Conk) which is a medieval town perched on a hillside but it has a particularly interesting church, Abbaye de Ste-Foy, because it has a sculpture above the entrance, a Tympanum, of the year 1135 depicting the Last Judgement with the devil in hell and Christ in Heaven at the central position and ...
St Cirq- La Popie
... br> Next we headed down to the river to Bouzies and walked along the old haulage track that the horses used to bring the barges up river at the turn of last century. It was carved out of the rockface and was quite picturesque. Recently someone had done some rock sculptures there which made it very special.
Our next stop was Grotto du Pech Merle - ...
La Garrigue
... the ground.
We headed into the Lot Valley where our accommodation was located. Mas de Garrigue is an old fortified farm and hunting lodge that has ben lovingly restored. It was stunning. We knew we were going to be very comfortable here
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THE PAST TEN DAYS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE…
... 8230;foie gras farm. Geese were hysterical! To honor them, we bought some of their ancestors’ livers!
Oct. 23- Market Day here in Catus- buy bread, cheese, meat. Joni lectures boucher; He cannot understand her French. Visit to T.I. office about hikes in area. (Joni asks if I can see xxx-rated miniature ceramic sculptures (you can’t take her ANYWHERE!), ...
Dordogne - Bastides, chateaux and walnuts
... town and you had to enter and leave through the narrow gates.
After that were a few days of bastides (fortified towns), fortressess, medieval villages, gardens and the odd chateau.
At Castelnaud, the castle had displays of armoury, furniture and the medieval weapons such as trebuchets, predrero and manganel. The view from the top was again spectacular up and down the Dordogne Valley. It is so hard to imagine the difficulties of their construction ...
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