Day 9
Woke up at 8:15 and it started raining around 8:30. Gray and dreary.
After breakfast, we gave up on our upper Dordogne valley drive planned for today, and went shopping instead. Went to LeClerc and Jill bought about 100€ of school clothes for Kristen and soap and dishtowels for herself. I bought a Laguiole corkscrew knife for Bob as thanks for watching Jojo and Ralph.
Bought a baguette and stamps and back to the house for lunch of the usual.
By then it was pouring, so we went into St. Céré and walked around in the rain. We had driven through the town probably about 50 times on our various trips, but had not explored the old quarter before today. Kind of cool with all the old houses, their upper stories larger than their lower. Found the exact view that’s on the poster in my office.
Went into a toy store and bought 10€ of overpriced toys for Kristen. Once we were wet, the weather finally began to let up.
We drove through the Ségala region again, over the Cére and into the Dordogne at Beaulieu. Thousands of curves on narrow roads.
Finally got home around 4:30, and the sun came out. Emptied the pool, finished packing (we began in the a.m.), had a cocktail, and went back to Belle Rive for dinner. Dave – smoked fish, Cod, and blackcurrant sorbet. Jill – salad, confit of duck, citron sorbet. Kristen – chicken and pasta, chocolate ice cream. 71€.
Saw a hedgehog in the road on the way home.
Day 10 >>>
After breakfast, we gave up on our upper Dordogne valley drive planned for today, and went shopping instead. Went to LeClerc and Jill bought about 100€ of school clothes for Kristen and soap and dishtowels for herself. I bought a Laguiole corkscrew knife for Bob as thanks for watching Jojo and Ralph.
Bought a baguette and stamps and back to the house for lunch of the usual.
By then it was pouring, so we went into St. Céré and walked around in the rain. We had driven through the town probably about 50 times on our various trips, but had not explored the old quarter before today. Kind of cool with all the old houses, their upper stories larger than their lower. Found the exact view that’s on the poster in my office.
Went into a toy store and bought 10€ of overpriced toys for Kristen. Once we were wet, the weather finally began to let up.
We drove through the Ségala region again, over the Cére and into the Dordogne at Beaulieu. Thousands of curves on narrow roads.
Finally got home around 4:30, and the sun came out. Emptied the pool, finished packing (we began in the a.m.), had a cocktail, and went back to Belle Rive for dinner. Dave – smoked fish, Cod, and blackcurrant sorbet. Jill – salad, confit of duck, citron sorbet. Kristen – chicken and pasta, chocolate ice cream. 71€.
Saw a hedgehog in the road on the way home.
Day 10 >>>
