First day of Exploration: Cahors

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Okay, we are finally officially posting with pictures. I know, about time. We have been very busy with Cameron designing a very interesting itinerary each day and we don't return until after 6:00 usually. Our current M.O. is to enjoy quite a large lunch - often 3 courses! - and then snack on cheese and French bread, nougat, ice cream, almond cake... You get the gist, for dinner at home. After a full day of sightseeing/walking/hiking, we are ready to relax at night and not try to find our way on the perilous roads. That system is working very well for us. We have taken a bunch of pictures, some of which I will share with you, but we have yet to take pictures of our gite. I will tomorrow. In the meantime, here we go:



Our first full day here, Wednesday, we drove to a nearby city, Cahors, which lies along the Lot river. It is a very attractive city with a much photographed medieval bridge. We dined at a sidewalk cafe, eating comparatively light after all the heavy airplane food. I had a salade Nicoise, which was delicious. Everything is very fresh. Cameron had a salad with warm chèvre cheese, walnuts, tomatoes, eggs, etc. Very satisfying. Then we walked all over the rest of the city and checked out a few shops for the baby grandchildren. They have such cute clothes here for kids.

So we hope you enjoy our snapshots. Love to all, B & C

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Photos

This one's for you, Dave Nelson!
This brass insignia in the ground is the scallop shell which signifies the path of El Camino in Spain, which we hiked last year... In France it is called Le Puy, which runs through Cahors m

Comments

[P.O.]

You made it!
Yay, you made it in one piece! The pictures are making me SO excited! Comment a little on what the weather is like so I can figure out what types of clothes to take, please. See you soon.

[Kathy Tauber]

Enjoyed pictures!!! Please take pictures of your exquisite food!!! You could be a good critic the way you describe the food!