Hotel Restaurant Le Cro-Magnon
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In search of ancient humans
(Jim) Here we are where ancient humans were first discovered. Yesterday we paddled ten kilometres down the Vezere River, under the railway bridge where Cro-Magnon man was first discovered. Our homo sapiens sapiens ancestors were named after the location where bones and tools were first discovered while digging the bridge foundations. Cro-Magnons is …
THE PAST TEN DAYS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE…
... Stewart and Andrew, both studied Suzuki strings for years. Such a small world.
At the second stop, we were visited with the young woman serving wine and bemoaning the fact that it was so hard to find wine from this region in the U.S. "Ah, we export wine to the United States." “Really?” “Yes, our importer is located in St. Paul, Minnesota.” ...
Dordogne - Bastides, chateaux and walnuts
... medieval castle, very dark and and severe. The village itself was where some of the movie, 'Chocolat' was filmed but sadly we didn't catch a glimpse of Juliette Binoche.
Despite visiting so many castles, chateaux and fortresses, we enjoyed every one and never felt ho- hum about any. Always, we were moved by the amazing feats of construction and the conditions the people experienced in their lives. I marvelled at every set of stone steps worn in the ...
The Valley of Wines
Saying a farewell to Simon our host at Limoges, we set off down the motorway south heading towards Limoges initially, calling in to the Limoges HD Shop. Bry's work colleague had been in the week before and they had remembered him, small world.
From there we finally took the road along the Dordogne towards Bergerac. Wow, some stunning scenery and gorgeous old towns and medieval ...
Everywhere we look, a bloody castle!
... were standing on the cliff above the Dordogne River, 4 other Chateaux / castles could be seen on the surrounding cliff tops. Had lunch at the garden cafe, roger decided to go with the goose salad which had most of the bits of the goose in it except for the hot gizzards, which is on EVERY menu. After visiting the garden ( a bit too neat and trim for my liking!,) we went down, and up again to the Chateaux Castelnaud, the biggest of those we could see and ...