Sunday, March 15, 2015

au revoir Amboise




Yesterday we spent a cold rainy day relaxing in our beautiful old hotel in front of a log fire. We tried our hand at dominoes and cards, or just read and chatted and finished the day with a delicious meal in the hotel restaurant. We would heartily recommend the 'cite royal de Amboise' ... it has charm, beauty and a wonderful location near shopping, historic sites and lots of good restaurants.  But it was time to leave and head further south, so we were all packed and in the car by 8.15 on this cold sunny morning.

The 'D' roads are pretty good here, usually wide enough for comfortable passing but still with the occasional small village and narrow streets to be negotiated. We drove through farmland and orchards and vineyards, crossed wide and small rivers, ancient and modern bridges and arrived at about 4.00pm in the Perigord, the gastronomic and pre-historic heart of France.

Our Villa is right on the river, a view from evry window in a little village called Le Bugue. It is comfortable, and would be warm of we hadn't fiddled with the heaters!!!

We have a week to explore the region which is ideal, just hoping at tomorrow gets above 8deg C









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