Albi

Outside Toulouse in Albi is the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum. Really a great collection. We stayed in a darling Fodor recommended hotel. The George Cinq. Inexpensive with the largest bed I've ever slept in for €60. ;) the dinner in the Clos St Cecile was equally inexpensive and fabulous. The church has the largest pipe organ in ??? Europe or France. Not sure.









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Poppy fields

The Dordogne valley is breathtaking!

Leaving Rocamadour we saw amazing poppy fields! Got a little crazy, started sing "rocamadour (aka my soul) in the bosom of Abraham. ;). You had to be there....





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Rocamadour

Unbelievable village built on the face of a rock mountain built beginning in the 1100's.
















There are offerings of bread at the altar.

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Chateau du Milandes

Yesterday afternoon we had another wine and cheese picnic along the banks of the Dordogne River and drove a quiet road through the Dordogne Valley. The enormous castle overlooking Begnac dominates the landscape for miles around. Unfortunately all of the fabulous pictures I took
are on my regular camera. :(

We toured Josephine Baker's chateau in Castle-naud. What a great find. Memorabilia and pictures from her interesting life.




This is sunset at Rocamadour. It is difficult to see but it is a castle and Medievil village built on the face of a rock mountain. Sorry, the pictures on my iPhone don't do it justice.

A bottle of wine, a loaf of bread and thee

A great picnic with French wine!














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Sarlat

We stayed in Sarlat last night and today is market day. Amazing.




Le petit dejeuner





Giant paella!


People of walmart - Sarlat style.


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France

We are sharing Bob & Joan's house swap in Arcachon, France for 2 weeks. What a beautiful cottage in a idyllic seaside town out of another century (or 2). :)

Here is a picture of the sun SETTING over the Atlantic Ocean. Think about that a minute. :)

We went to Perigeaux, Lascaux for the 17,000 year old cave drawings (yes, you read that right), and in Sarlat tonight. Doing the markets in the morning.



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