Dordogne
(sorry if any of the following show up twice.. this site is being kind of funky right now)
Our first outing of Dordogne was going to the medieval town of Sarlat.
One of the old side-streets we walked by
That step was there in medieval times for the purpose of mounting your horse. So, Rachelle's mounting Katie the horse.
A view of the market in Sarlat
I made a friend
And then some more friends
And then I became a goose, but luckily not fois gras
This is literally a herd of geese. The man is leading them and there's a dog following them up from behind
Boat tour! Not very good.. but it was on a pirate ship, so I'll give it to them
The medieval castle from the pirate ship
Looking down on the same river and bridge from the castle
Different kinds of catapults.... a smart little 5 year old knew everything about them!
Pathways...
Doorways...
and swords!
Next day canoeing on a river that had no current. This is Jean and Susan doing the hormone dance. (Both heads braided by me)
That's me in front being the only rower for these three canoes. My boat tied the others to us when we went by them and then somehow I ended up being the only rower.
When we got back at lunch time Rachelle decided to get her hair cut by Maria.
Chateau d'Hautefort. (Where the filmed a lot of Ever After)
Dinner at a random camping like place that had karaoke...the canard was really good. (a specialty of Dordogne along with fois gras)
One of our program leader's boyfriends bought us champagne to celebrate
Maria, Susan, me, and Jean
The next day we actually went to Chateau d'Hautefort.
The surrounding view
Rachelle, Susan, and Jean looking at the gardens down below.
That looked kind of like this, but this is on another side. Not many flowers in bloom yet.. but still cool
This is the point of the tour when Stephan, our bus driver, told our tour guide something about the sphynx statues and so "en fait nous sommes dans une chateau humaniste"
From the green-covered walkway (apparently where the queen and king walk through in Ever After? I don't remember, so I don't know how reliable of an idea that is)
And down to the gardens
I'm not sure if this area ever has flowers... but the bushes are cool
Cloud
The only flower so far in this bed
On the walk out
And a last view of the castle. That's the bus around the corner that I didn't realize was just waiting for Phuong My and I since we were down talking pictures and apparently no one else was. oops.. oh well!
These lilly pads were prettier in person... but ya know. This is a pond near the botanical garden area. (This parc also has a zoo and paddle boating and pretty much everything)
I don't know what is with me and forgetting to zoom out, but this picture made me laugh for a solid 5 minutes.
googley eyes!
And then we realized it was 4 and we were late for meeting Susan! So.. more pictures next time.
