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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
Camille still smarting from the previous nights debacle decides that we should not pay full rate and will discuss this with the hosts..... Breakfast is a convivial affair with ourselves, the two sets of Scottish couples and an Irish couple all seated at the same table. The Irish chap Errol is a retired former senior manager in Chevron and spent some time in Sydney at their refinery in the late seventies and was well abreast of the gas developments in Gladstone. We pack our ...
A little bit closer to home.......
... by a very friendly golden lab that speaks English. I know this because when he saw that I had a biscuit he sat when I asked him to. He is a little overweight, may be he knows sit in a number languages......the Chateau I have to say is a little surprising. Owned by a rather eccentric Frenchman. Very typical French Chateau on the outside, and what you would expect in the main foyer and upstairs landing. But our room? Wow, that's another story. I'm thinking ...
Moving on.....
... t mentioned the road side stops in France yet so I will today. We are sitting in one now having afternoon tea, I'm having an espresso and a chocolate brownie with a raspberry coulis, Roger had a raspberry shortcake. This is nothing like what you get in Australia. Wipe all thoughts of the BP on Geelong road out of your mind. These stops stand as testimony to the seriousness of lunch (and food, in general) in this country. A full smorgasbord is set up every day ...
A lazy day
... have altered our plans for the end of the week. We were supposed to leave here Saturday and driving to Paris and taking the car back. That's a pretty big drive of 6 or 7 hours with a bit stressful driving at the end of the day. What we have decided to do is leave here Friday, drive half way, which puts us in serious Chateaux country in the Loire Valley, stay the night there, then complete the drive into Paris the next ...
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