Citotel Verotel Bergerac
Route d'Agen, Domaine Lespinassat Bergerac, Dordogne Valley, Aquitaine, 24100, France
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The final leg of Dordogne walk
... tonight was in a French Provinciel style, with Baroque harpsichord music playing, silver and attentive service. More duck and cepes (mushrooms), but delicious. I have not yet seen the type of mushrooms used in cooking here, but I like their strong but delicate flavour. Tonight there was a mushroom risotto unlike any I have tasted; the rice being like a creamy non-sweet rice pudding.
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Natures abundance and beauty
As we were still recovering from the previous nights 4 course dinner, we had a light classic French breakfast of bread, croissant, jam and coffee. The weather has continued to be clear skies, with not a cloud or a hint of rain. Briskly cold but we soon warmed up going up the first hill. Yesterday was ...
Ending Points
... carmelized top, sorbet, langues de chat.
Coffee, tea, copious quantities of red, white and rose local wines and an ending with either Port or Brandy and chocolate wafer 'cigars:'
Fortunately for the wait staff, the plat principal took so long for the guests to finish that we also had a chance to eat the main course before the next thing was due to be served. Energy was partially restored and the lamb was, once again, exquisite.
After the port ...
Mon Francais est terrible!
... I couldn't understand a thing the old man was saying to me on the table near us who was trying to discuss strategy etc, but we both grasped the venomicity with which another chap was cheering against England! A few days later the man arrived to fix the internet and we were on our own. I did enough French to point him to the wiring bits, then under pressure I lost ...
No, it's not Laura or Alex. Read on...
... techniques but to no avail. It keeps coming back.
Saturday is change over day at the yurts, so goodbye to one family including a little boy of 5 who helped with the animal feeding (and testing the electric fence) and hello to lovely young couple. Laura and me on yurt cleaning duty... like being JLo in Maid in Manhattan but in yurts. Lovely fresh bed linen, sunflowers on the table, apple tart baked and mountains of washing up later and the ...
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