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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 ...
Prehistoric Cave Paintings
... are highly restricted and have been decreasing over time; there's rumours that it won't be long until the public cannot visit these caves in order to preserve them. CO2 levels also limit how many people can be admitted on a daily basis. We were able to get tickets for Font de Gaume and Font de Combarelles.
Our 10:30 tour at Font de Gaume had 8 visitors. It is the last place where visitors can still see colour paintings. ...
The highs and lows of Lot
... than that.....cave men settled, funnily enough, in caves down by the river, and have left some remarkable art work behind. The caves have always had a religious overtone. After the cave men, hermits (?) came and lived in the caves. In the 11thC people discovered the very well preserved body of a hermit in a cave and he became St Amadour. Following this, something like 130 miracles happened within a short space of time and so then the ...
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 fine, but the climb up to the castle would have been a killer! Castle very interesting to me - full of weapons, ...
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 that Nathalie's husband makes (orange & walnut). Then in to La Roque Gageac to La Belle Etoile - recommended by Nathalie when I first booked the accomodation. Booked the restaurant as a surprise for our anniversary. Lovely ...
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