Our Home Away From Home…where is it located? It's only 6,313 kilometers northwest from our Home in Canada (according to our GPS)
Today, we’ll talk about our little abode located on one of the many tiny lanes in the historical part of the medieval town of Gourdon.
It is compact over three floors. You enter from the front door at street level and then two steps up into the kitchen. In the kitchen is a wonderful window seat for two carved out of the stonewall, and on this level is also the dining room with lovely views of the back garden, over neighboring rooftops and further afield into the countryside. The modern bathroom is also located on this level and a modern washing machine.
Upstairs (14 steps up) are two bedrooms, the master in the front of the house with two dormer windows with views of the street above and higher up to the stone wall where the castle once stood.
The guest room with two beds has a window facing northwest that commands magnificent views.
Downstairs (13 steps down) on the lower level is the living room with its exposed stonewall and the single French door to the back garden.
The back garden is furnished with a table and chairs for al fresco dining and two loungers for relaxing.
We have permission to do some gardening and have already some plans to introduce some color and low maintenance plantings…this will keep us both busy this spring. Our friends from Prayssac are bringing us some pots so we have something to start with.
Today (10 March 2012), at the Market we were encouraged by the sunny and warm weather to buy some plants. We arrived home with some primroses and colorful pansies.
Our landlady has supplied us with a trowel and clippers to get us started.
I would describe the house as a walkout…it looks like a two storey in the front, but three from the back.
The house is aesthetically pleasing and tastefully decorated.
We are reluctant to share the website in case it gets totally booked and we won’t be able to come back, but are pleased to make a recommendation for The Petit Gite on rue Marsis|”.
If you want to feel like you are truly living the French life, this would be the perfect place…location is great, close to shops, cafes, restaurants and train station for travelling further afield if you don’t want to rent a car.
Gourdon is central to many tourist attractions in the Lot/ Dordogne region. It is also located on the main Toulouse - Paris train line.
Today 13th March, temperature 19C at 1PM after some gardening and hike from the farm store to get potting soil; we enjoyed our first al fresco lunch.
Life is good!
