More Impressive from a Distance

Zooming in on the abbey I got a much better idea of why this was a UNESCO Heritage Site and why so many visitors come to take a look - in the summer. Since we were loving this part of France so much a return visit when things were open might be in order.

Day Ten - Looking for Troglodytes but Nothing is Open on Sunday

December 30th 2012
Since checking into this wonderful little hotel the very attentive hosts had asked us on numerous occasions whether we wanted to take breakfast in the morning (for an extra charge). We kept telling them "no, merci", but they just smiled and said we could change our mind in the morning. We didn't. At this point in our journey I had decided we were getting maybe a little too crazy with our money ... read more

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