Le Relais de Vellinus Logis
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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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Dordogne - Bastides, chateaux and walnuts
... d'oie (goose gizzards - and they are delicious), duck strips (aiguillette) with red fruit sauce and delicious potatoes and sharing our creme caramel and walnut cake with rich chocolate sauce. This we accompanied with the 25cl of the local red wine and the required cafe (coffee). We've decided to give up on any attempt to find a coffee equivalent to our flat whites and stick now to the local tradition of the strong espresso. We've actually come to enjoy ...
A little bit closer to home.......
... in so went into the next biggest town, Chateauroux. A bit of let down, not much there. Essentially a large-ish commercial town, I suspect it has a university by the number of young people around. Stayed long enough to do a bit more shopping, I know, I know, we have no more room. Let me tell you something, there is always room for shoes. Secretly , some people who were getting presents are now not, as I had to make room somehow. We arrived back at the Chateaux to ...
Moving on.....
... food is sensational. A full carvery, salad bar, pastries, quiches, fresh fruit salad, desserts, and so on. There is even a bank of microwaves you can use if you need to. Oh, and coffee machines. The one we are at now has a rather fancy outdoor eating area with elaborate terraced gardens. There is no fast food giant anywhere near here. Love it. Off now to make a start on the packing, had to get another bag today ..... An update: have since googled the gremlin and ...
A lazy day
... and the food bought out - no menus, just 4 courses of fabulous country cooking. It seemed most tables got different food, but what was really interesting was seeing the tradies in there having their 2 hour, 4 course lunch break. All up with beer and wine it was 14€ each. So cheap to eat good quality food here. After lunch took a short trip to see 3 of the most picturesque villages in France, and they didn't ...
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