Boeuf Rouge Limoges

Stayed last night in a pretty little medieval village of Solignac, right on the town square next to the villages 11th century church, which is on the pilgirmage route - Santiago de Compostela. It had rained last night and was still raining so our wander around was brief! Our plan today was to stop at several little villages in the area, of which they got progressively prettier.

... 8220;fairgrounds”, the main center of town. More than 600 people were gathered. Machine guns were placed on the edge of the fairgrounds and directed at the people. Everyone was not too worried because they felt that it was just “for show”. The Germans went into the classrooms and also rounded up all of the children to the fairgrounds. At 3 pm, they separated all of the people ...

... and reminiscing over pictures and the past. It was nice for me to be a part of this, although a little difficult because of the language barrier. Conrad again did a wonderful job of translating as much as he could. I am starting to pick up a few phrases. I can understand a bit more when I hear it spoken, but I have yet to be able to speak it. Conrad had been back to the chateau once when he was in the army and once in 2001 when he lived in ...

... foreign gardeners!



Mom and I had a day out in the pretty town of Perigueux, where we walked by the river, strolled through thenarrow lanes, sat drinking coffee in a busy square, and indulged ourselves with gorgeous ice cream. Another evening we set off wandering through shady woodland, past shimmery green lakes and down overgrown backroads into the ...

... out that this nerd palace holds days where nerd meet up and play 'real life' games (they all had pretend shotguns and machine guns). Whats worse is that they walked around with such confidence it would seem that they actually thought they were mercenaries........ it made me sympathetic towards bullies.

After leaving nerd palace we sat outside for lunch and observed a young 'gangster' type character leave a ...

Distance covered: 35 miles cycle and 15 car

So we woke up early for the first time and set off in the blazing sun with high spirits. We were absolutely destroying the miles and there was even talk of getting a record (70+ in a day!!). But then an absoulte disaster occurred. About 15 miles away from a city my rear wheel disintegrated. It would be impossible to walk it. Maybe a hitch from a ...

... and found another free camping spot. However, this place wasn't so luxurious. In fact as we were going to bed some french kids started drinking on a bench a few yards away. Olly had a go at some manly stuff and tried his hand at fishing. Need I say he failed. Fish don't like pain au chocolat. But on the plus side we saw a frog the size of a puppy.

Yesterday was a good day. Although it rained in the morning, we were only on straight roads at the time. A strong breeze in the afternoon helped dry us out. Last night we enjoyed some well deserved downtime; an excellent 4 course meal al fresco washed down with a local red wine; a few games of petanque & pool, loud music & chat. :-)

... women and children. The men were taken to sheds and houses, where they were shot and then burned. The women and children were all killed in the church. Only a few people escaped. It's horrendous and I hardly even want to recount the details. Details such as: burned out corpses of twin boys, 12 years old, found clutching to each other. The body of an 8 year old boy, found kneeling in the confessional. Men shot in the legs so that they can ...

... Japanese Master - was helping students and answering questions. He is 85 and it was a great opportunity to study with him. He is a national treasure in Japan - these can be people as well as buildings there. It was an extremely enjoyable and very hot week in France. Great and interesting people to study with and also at Family Camp. Simba and I plan to take some more shots at the Kyudojo in Boulder.