Day 12
Woke to rain – bummer. About to drive to Bournat ,which looked like a French Ballenburg from the brochure. Old houses, craft demonstrations, plus rides for the kids.
It ended up being a cross between Ballenburg (in Switzerland, which we loved), and Keansburg amusement park in NJ. Pretty tacky. Kind of run down. We saw a blacksmith demonstration, basket weaving, etc. Plus a lot of dusty old displays of mannequins and fake animals in various scenes. Tacky.
They also had a bunch of kiddie rides, some of which were ok, and others that would cause the immediate closure of the place if it was in the USA. We didn’t witness any fatalities though, and Kristen loved it.
It ended up being a cross between Ballenburg (in Switzerland, which we loved), and Keansburg amusement park in NJ. Pretty tacky. Kind of run down. We saw a blacksmith demonstration, basket weaving, etc. Plus a lot of dusty old displays of mannequins and fake animals in various scenes. Tacky.
They also had a bunch of kiddie rides, some of which were ok, and others that would cause the immediate closure of the place if it was in the USA. We didn’t witness any fatalities though, and Kristen loved it.
We had a mediocre lunch of walnut salad (D), salad with magret fumé (J), and ham with potato chips (K), and bolted about 2.
Kristen started whining for toys as soon as we left and her whining is starting to get to us. Where can we get a babysitter?
Drove to Limeuil, at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézere rivers. Walked around the pretty and steep town, thought about buying something from a blacksmith for the family room, but didn’t. Had ice creams.
It didn’t rain for most of the day but it’s still getting us down.
Drove home, arrived tired about 5, Dave took a nap, Kristen watched cartoons.
Stayed home for dinner again, didn’t feel like driving all over looking for something.
Jill and Kristen had leftover chicken and haricots verts, Dave had olives plus goose neck stuffed with foie gras, and truffled foie gras. The owner had left it for us, along with a bottle of Bergerac red and sweet (sticky) Monbazillac white, and a can of confit d’oie (goose).
Kristen and the weather are getting on our nerves, hopefully tomorrow will be better. Kristen now refuses to go to bed until we do.
Day 13 >>>
Kristen started whining for toys as soon as we left and her whining is starting to get to us. Where can we get a babysitter?
Drove to Limeuil, at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézere rivers. Walked around the pretty and steep town, thought about buying something from a blacksmith for the family room, but didn’t. Had ice creams.
It didn’t rain for most of the day but it’s still getting us down.
Drove home, arrived tired about 5, Dave took a nap, Kristen watched cartoons.
Stayed home for dinner again, didn’t feel like driving all over looking for something.
Jill and Kristen had leftover chicken and haricots verts, Dave had olives plus goose neck stuffed with foie gras, and truffled foie gras. The owner had left it for us, along with a bottle of Bergerac red and sweet (sticky) Monbazillac white, and a can of confit d’oie (goose).
Kristen and the weather are getting on our nerves, hopefully tomorrow will be better. Kristen now refuses to go to bed until we do.
Day 13 >>>
