The great adventure | Ready to board! | München well-needed shut-eye | in a train Preparing for "landing" in Paris - 2 1/2 hours late! | Paris Werner's first - very quick - glimpses of the Seine | Paris The lady in this office was so nice to us and got us tickets on the next train | Paris Happy to be in France, in the TGV on the way to Bordeaux | in a train Children love to play on the "mirror of water" | Bordeaux Children love to play on the "mirror of water" | Bordeaux The esplanade along the Garonne | Bordeaux Cityscape from the waterfront | Bordeaux The Esplanade des Quinconces is one of the largest "Place" in Europe | Bordeaux The monument is dedicated to the Girondists who fell during the French Revolution | Bordeaux The monument is dedicated to the Girondists who fell during the French Revolution | Bordeaux The two columns at the entrance to the square date from 1829 and symbolize commerce and navigation | Bordeaux The monument is dedicated to the Girondists who fell during the French Revolution | Bordeaux The monument is dedicated to the Girondists who fell during the French Revolution | Bordeaux | Bordeaux The monument is dedicated to the Girondists who fell during the French Revolution | Bordeaux The monument is dedicated to the Girondists who fell during the French Revolution | Bordeaux This was an excellent bottle of wine! | Bordeaux This was supposed to be a Caesar Salad - not the real thing, but it tasted good | Bordeaux The Place de la Bourse is always lovely at night | Bordeaux The Place de la Bourse is always lovely at night | Bordeaux The "mirroir d'eau" by night | Bordeaux Around Arcachon | The Porte Saint-Eloi | Bordeaux The tortoises sit right in the middle of Place de la Victoire | Bordeaux The arch in the Place de la Victoire | Bordeaux Yippee! We're happy to be in Arcachon | Arcachon 40 years later, Werner returns to the site of his first camping vacation in France | La Teste-de-Buch 40 years later, Werner returns to the site of his first camping vacation in France | La Teste-de-Buch Looking back into the Bay of Arcachon | La Teste-de-Buch Our first (of many) sandwich picnic | Arcachon "Our" beach | Arcachon Without a beach umbrella, you were fried | Arcachon | Arcachon At low tide the swimming is really difficult | Arcachon My appetizer | Arcachon Shellfish extravaganza at the next table | Arcachon Sunset over the Bay of Arcachon | Arcachon Bergerac - Les Eyzies de Tayac | Point of departure for out first long day of biking | Bergerac We had been in such a hurry to catch our train that we wrapped up our breakfast and brought it along. | Bergerac We pushed our bikes through the center of town and checked out the architecture | Bergerac We pushed our bikes through the center of town and checked out the architecture | Bergerac Our first Dordogne crossing | Bergerac Roadside curiosity | Bergerac | Saint-Germain-et-Mons | Saint-Germain-et-Mons We enjoyed a short ride along this canal | Lalinde We took a "drink and shade" pause in a little park | Lalinde Mmmm... omelette with cepe mushrooms | Lalinde Mr. Energy | Paunat And then I made him stop to look at the view | Paunat The view was truly magnificent | Paunat Looking towards the confluence of the Vézère and the Dordogne | Paunat Looking towards the confluence of the Vézère and the Dordogne | Paunat Fluvial plain of the Dordogne | Paunat | Paunat Hot and sweaty, but the view is great! | Paunat We finally reached a place where we could put our feet in | Limeuil Happy to be near the water | Limeuil The confluence: Vézère left, Dordogne right | Limeuil | Limeuil Our hotel, the Moulin de la Beune | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Our hotel, the Moulin de la Beune | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Top middle window was our room | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The resident duck family | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The hotel's restaurant | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Momorial to fallen soldiers | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The entry ahll with Cro Magnon footsteps | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil View from the museum escarpements | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Looking down on the town | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The Vézère valley | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil There were caves in every hillside | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Duck extravaganza | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The back entrance to the hotel, next to the mill | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The swimming hole | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The swimming hole | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The mill stream ended in this pond | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The nighttime son-et-lumière was fairly lame | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Les Eyzies - St. Léon de Vézère | We stopped at the market to pick up picnic goods for lunch | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil We stopped at the market to pick up picnic goods for lunch | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil We stopped at the market to pick up picnic goods for lunch | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Foie gras geese | Tursac Maosin Fort de Reignac - a lord built his house right into the cliff | Tursac La Roque St. Cristophe - an open-air museum | Peyzac-le-Moustier La Roque St. Cristophe - an open-air museum | Peyzac-le-Moustier La Roque St. Cristophe - an open-air museum | Peyzac-le-Moustier Our first "real" picnic | Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère Our first "real" picnic | Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère In the hour and a half we sat there, the lad on the left never got up the courage to jump in | Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère Duck drama | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Les Eyzies - Tamnies | We took a relatively short ride and refreshed ourselves in this public swimming hole | Tamniès The water was crystal clear and the riverbed glistened with flecks of gold | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Yum - dinner at the village festival: grilled merguez, salad, fries, bread (gotta have bread w/fries!) and wine (for 1€ a cup) | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil The dancing hadn't yet started | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil All the locals turn out for the festival | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil A few youths were playing "green monster" with the river flora | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Kayakers approach | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Part of the town festivities that day was a boules (bocce) tournament | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Part of the town festivities that day was a boules (bocce) tournament | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Enjoying a Pastis in the garden | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Les Eyzies - Souillac | The route between Les Eyzies and Sarlat was hilly but scenic | Saint-André-d'Allas Arrival in Sarlat | Sarlat-la-Canéda Sarlat soldier's memorial | Sarlat-la-Canéda This was a completely new message for me | Sarlat-la-Canéda Mmmm... produce from the region | Sarlat-la-Canéda More local products | Sarlat-la-Canéda After several minutes on the busy main road, we were happy to find the bike trail | Sarlat-la-Canéda And it was a very pretty 22km trail | Carsac-Aillac An oak-allee | Carsac-Aillac We rode by this picturesque village | Carsac-Aillac And even rode through this tunnel | Calviac-en-Périgord | Calviac-en-Périgord Shortly after we arrived we had a late lunch in the garden | Lanzac The results of a strenuous bike ride, heat, and a couple of glasses of wine | Lanzac The morning fog over the Dordogne | Lanzac Everyday necessities | Lanzac We took the bus to Sarlat for the day | Carsac-Aillac This was one of the less-crowded streets | Sarlat-la-Canéda The cathedral was simple but lovely | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda Stained glass patterns in the Sarlat Cathedral | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda La Lanterne des Morts (Lantern of the Dead) | Sarlat-la-Canéda Cool stuff in this antique store | Sarlat-la-Canéda Nice mirror, eh? | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda The city market hall | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda Since we didn't have to ride in the afternoon, we could drink wine at lunch. Yippee! | Sarlat-la-Canéda The view from my seat | Sarlat-la-Canéda My favorite salad | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda Fairly expensive knives... | Sarlat-la-Canéda Very expensive antique knives | Sarlat-la-Canéda Looks good enough to eat | Sarlat-la-Canéda Fresh spices at the farmers' market | Sarlat-la-Canéda This poor guy was really suffering the in the heat | Lanzac Yet another divine picnic | Lanzac Who could resist that friendly face? | Lanzac Souillac - Aillac - Souillac | The Dordogne shortly before St. Julien de Lampon | Saint-Julien-de-Lampon Thank God the bakery was still open so that we could buy bread | Calviac-en-Périgord | Calviac-en-Périgord The smell of freshly irrigated corn fields reminded me of life on the farm | Sainte-Mondane A the top of a really mean hill was little village with their communal oven and roasting spit | Veyrignac At the top of a really mean hill was little village with their communal oven and roasting spit | Veyrignac At the top of a really mean hill was little village with their communal oven and roasting spit | Veyrignac Happy to have reached our picnic spot | Carsac-Aillac View to the right | Carsac-Aillac Leftovers from the previous evening - still tasty | Carsac-Aillac The Dordogne, shallow but swift | Carsac-Aillac It was about 98 degrees (37C) and we stopped at every possible shady spot | Calviac-en-Périgord Just making sure we drink enough liquids | Calviac-en-Périgord | Lanzac We stopped at the big supermarket and bought gourmet-deli picnic items. Yum!! | Lanzac Did I mention that the B&B has a private chapel? | Lanzac Did I mention that the B&B has a private chapel? | Lanzac Did I mention that the B&B has a private chapel? | Lanzac Did I mention that the B&B has a private chapel? | Lanzac The inner courtyard of Le Prieuré | Lanzac Werner always smiles when he can have coffee and croissants | Lanzac | Lanzac The breakfast room | Lanzac | Lanzac Yes, that's a bee in there | Lanzac The house was filled with interesting art and artifacts | Lanzac | Lanzac We spent an hour or so relaxing at the local swimming hole in the morning before we left for Cahors | Lanzac The three ways up to Le Prieuré all involve a hill | Lanzac Le Prieuré | Lanzac Werner studied all of the real estate listings | Souillac Our reward for the hot train ride to Cahors | Cahors < Previous Day Next Day >
