We are having a wonderful holiday thus far. Packed up this morning and said our farewells to the crew of CookinFrance and the penultimate school of 2012. A great week it was. We headed southwards to Domme - a walled city of medieval days. Phil's driving was to be admired negotiating through Sarlat etc to get us to our destination about 30 k's away. Amazing scenery over the Dordogne river. We walked into the town and enjoyed a diesel motored train that took us rou...

Well what a great few days . Learning new ' cheffy ' cooking skills at Cookinfrance Bombel . The fish and dessert were just great. Not a morsel left on any plates. We all retired very satisfied. Wednesday we went to Sarlat markets What a great place . We bought some fois gras,a chicken. Some strawberries and raspberries for dessert. We wandered around for awhile and had coffee then returned to Bombel to a session on sugar work. We all had a go at making fine 'tof...

We caught our train to Brive after having a taxi ride across Paris , some baguettes & coffee, and a visit to McDonald's for a cool drink and a macaroon (delicious) . We sped our way southward occasionally nodding off ,playing solitaire on the iPad , a bit of stitchery , and having some plastic food and strong coffee from the cart that passed by .Arrived on time at 10pm and walked across the road to our Grand Hotel booked in and struggled up two flights of sta...