Blogs from Cahors, Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe

We have spent the last two nights at Cahors and enjoyed visiting with Lesley and Peter. They live in the beautiful part of the Lot valley. Lunch was taken at the cafe in St Gery - delicious. We had a wander around the city including the beautiful cathedral of St Etienne and Pont Valentre.... read more

Cahors France 14 & 15 September 2013 After climbing down from the Pyrenees, we headed further north. The weather was getting cold. Before getting to Ax-Les-Thermes for the night, we found that a major tunnel we were going to go through was closed so we had to do an extra 20 kms on narrow, windy road which was slow going, particularly as truck had to use the same road. By the time we arrived at the campsite, we found the reception was closed at 7.00pm and it was now 7.30pm and there was a barrier across the entrance so we couldn’t get in. Fortunately we found someone who said we could park next to one of the cabins which was in the same park and we even found a power connection. All was well. The next ... read more

On Saturday morning, we set off for the market in Cahors, with Betty in her customary seat. Among the stalls of fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and flowers, we find an African shopping basket as a gift for Marion, and we taste local wines, settling on two bottles of Malbec from Quercy. Erwan told us that the Malbec grape (so favoured in Argentina) is more commonly used in France than might appear, because it's sometimes called Cot. There are many English voices among the shoppers. At lunch on the edge of the market place, Eva spots Australian friends who have recently bought a neighbouring house. One of them is a cinematographer and has created a portfolio of stills of Tim's Indian paintings. On the way out of Cahors, we stop to look at the oldest fort ... read more