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More Medieval Towns
... and evil. It was quite fascinating. Its interior was austere, typical of the Romansque style of 1050 - 1135.
Our third village for the day, just because we hadn't had enough of medieval villages, was the famous Rocamadour. This village runs down a sheer rock face. It houses a holy shrine and is a centre of pilgramage and is a huge tourist attraction. We saw all the chapels and main basilica but refrained from buying any religious token. It certainly was a spectacular sight, though.
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Limoges and the Rain
... valley has spectacular views and the photos taken don't seem to reflect what the eye sees. Maybe time for a more capable camera..... As Betsy found it also has Frances equivalent to Homer Simpson's spider pig! We stay at the Le Jardin du Haut Muriol and our host warmly greets us and advises us of a couple of restaurants to dine at to try the local fare. We head back to town to find that most the shops are closed we do mange to find a boutique bottle shop selling local beer ...
A little bit closer to home.......
... Check out the photo's. Words do not do it justice. I kinda don't mind it. We're having dinner here tonight, which is a good thing as we are at least 20 minutes way from anywhere we might be likely to get a meal. It would be hard pushed to beat the meal we had last night . A Michelin star restaurant in our local village ( the one across the bridge). Would be one of the 3 best meals we've had while we've been in France. It's no wonder I won't get on the bloody ...
Moving on.....
We have three nights left in France. Its hard to believe we have been here nearly five weeks, it has both zoomed passed and gone slowly! It seems like ages since we were in Paris. We are now starting to think about packing up and how we are going get everything home. We put the brakes on our shopping awhile back and still we are concerned that we have too much. Roger happened to mention that there are scales in the bathroom and I told him not to be so rude, there ...
A lazy day
... buildings, churches, and so on, all built alongside the Dordorgne river. At Carennac, in particular, a church from the 11thC is known for its tympanum: carved door surround depicting scenes remarkably still intact. Tomorrow we will be travelling a little further afield to a town called Cahors. This is a large-ish town that has a fortified bridge and other interesting really old stuff (you can tell that I've lost it a bit today!!! ...
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