We've braved the country roads out from St Genies to some very interesting and different locations. As we drove along the castle views were just calling out for us to stop and photograph them. Belcastal was one of these occasions. We checked out the geese, the views, the castle and chatted with some American bike riding tourists, then we hit the road again.We made it to the the much visited town of Rocamadour about an hour and a half away. My word the drive wa...

12/9/2012This day we decided to have coffee at McDonalds in Sarlat and use the free wi fi. Afterwards we drove to les Eyzies-tayac-Sireuill where we went to the Musee National Prehistoire. We had lunch at the cafe here and then from the attendants advice decided to visit 2 sites. There are very many sites in this area to visit . We went to St Cirq and had a guided tour of the Unesco listed Grotte prehistorique du Sorcier. Then onto the Village Troglodytique da ...

My, we have only been in France for 1 week but so much has happened. Today Sunday we thought to go to church but the local one was not happening this week . We still went for a visit after breakfast of bread & vegemite , croissants & coffee. We then did a tour of the market where we bought our chicken & rice & coleslaw lunch. We also purchased our tomatoes ham & baguette for later plus some delicious strawberries. After lunch we went for a dri...

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...