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Knowmark Travelblog: Toulouse Plus!: Saturday, October 01
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Knowmark Travelblog: Toulouse Plus! Saturday, October 1. Le dernier jour complet à Lodève. Market day in Lodève! We love market day, as does most of the local populace. It is always a lively scene and a plethora of goods awaits. We mostly use it to get unusual food items, such as the wonderful Agen. Fromage de brébis. And some bananas and carrots. Didn't know that they had made it into the 2006 Guide Hachette. We said goodbye to Blandine and Robert (the hotel proprietors) earlier today as they won't be h...
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Wednesday, April 27
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Wednesday, April 27. From the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. We started at Font de Gaume. A site containing some of the last publicly-accesible paleolithic cave paintings. It was most impressive - recommended! Then, on to Sarlat-la-Canéda. A well-known town in the area. We had a nice lunch there at Le Bistrot. Magret de canard grillé avec sa sauce au miel. Omelette de cêpes. For Steve. Both came with. Pommes de terre sarladaises. Wisteria and Susan in Sarlat.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Monday, April 25
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Monday, April 25. Belvès to Bergerac and back. Our first complete day in Belvès found us with a full (but, limited) schedule. Just around the corner from our hotel was followed by wonderful pastries (apple and apricot) from the little. A few metres down the street in the other direction. Then, we needed to buy some essentials which we accomplished at several establishments throughout the day. We took a circuitous route to Bergerac. Confiture des cerise noirs.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Tuesday, April 26
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Tuesday, April 26. A perfect day in the Cahors A.O.C. Today we had absolutely glorious weather, a perfect 3.0 on the. Clear blue sky; no precipitation; comfortable, shirt-sleeve temperature. We took the opportunity to visit two more wineries - this time in the Cahors A.O.C. The first stop was at Domaine La Berangeraie. Marlène recommended a restaurant in nearby Puy L'evêque. Which has a wine (2002 vintage) awarded two stars in the 2005. Guide Hachette des Vins.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Thursday, April 28
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Thursday, April 28. The other side of Belvès. Hike - lunch - winery - dinner. A great day in Aquitaine. Where we buy our morning. A slightly different perspective of Belvès. The symbol indicates a left turn on the GR36. One of the many hiking trails in France. Susan's standard poppy photograph. La Gloire de Mon Pere. 2003 from Chateau Tour des Gendres. 13th century church in Belvès. We had dinner tonight at Le Madelon. Posted by Susan M. at 12:33 PM.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Monday, May 02
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Monday, May 2. Today we are wondering around Bordeaux a bit more. We plan to hit the Musée des Beaux Arts. After lunch which we will probably have again on the little balcony of our hotel room - perhaps there will be photographic evidence a little later on. The beautiful weather continues - it looks like it won't be ending until the day we leave - yippee! Later that day . Tonight we had dinner at le paradoX'. Calamars basquaise avec son tagliatelle. Louis-Marie...
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Friday, April 29
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Friday, April 29. Winery - lunch - winery - dinner. The weather actually got too warm for a while, so we had to knock off a half-point: 2.5 today on the. Part of our car on the estate of Domaine de Paillas. Beautiful wisteria near St. Urcisse. Place François Mitterand. We had lunch at Le Gambetta. Susan and Em(manu)el on the estate of Domaine du Cap Blanc. Em(manu)el drawing some young wine for tasting. Clos Troteligotte (La Perdrix). Posted by Steve at 5:37 PM.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Bordeaux · Paris · Toronto · Peterborough
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Wednesday, May 4. Bordeaux · Paris · Toronto · Peterborough. We returned to Canada today, everything going smoothly (except for the approach to Pearson International Airport, which was anything but. The flight times were excellent, which meant that we didn't have to get up too early (about 6am CET), leaving for the airport at 8:15am and arriving in Peterborough just before 6pm. So, we were able to follow our normal morning routine in Bordeaux: noisette.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Friday, April 22
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Friday, April 22. Planning notes, January - April. Part of the planning process involved getting some of IGN's excellent maps of the area. In this case, we obtained five different maps and mounted them in our office to produce one large map of the general area. It basically stretches from Bordeaux in the west to Cahors in the east, including both the Dordogne and the Lot rivers. Our collage of IGN maps. Font de Gaume (notes from 12 March). At the Hôtel Clément V.
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005: Sunday, April 24
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Knowmark Travelblog: Southwest France 2005. Sunday, April 24. Toronto · Paris · Bordeaux · Belvès. After a longish day , we are safely ensconsed at the delightful Hôtel Clément V. We left Toronto on Saturday evening on an Air France flight to Paris, along with the 100 or so members of the Kirov Orchestra. Today) - it varied from bright sunshine to torrential downpour and several variations in between. After a nap and a brief orientation walk around Belvès, we decided to eat at our hotel and had a ...
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