Postcards from the Lot

Monday, June 30, 2014

In Amongst the Vineyards at Le Caillau

Friday we travelled to Vire sur Lot to one of our favourite restaurants "Le Caillau" set in the most idyllic surroundings ... Full of old world charm and character in the middle of the vineyards.

It is always a must on our itinerary when we travel to this area of France.

We have enjoyed many meals here over the past three years and last year we attended a "Musical Soirée"... an evening of music, great food and wine listening to the Rogues (a Celtic group)

The fountain come garden in the Center of the courtyard ...

We enjoyed a delicious lunch with good friends ... I like to call us "The United Nations Friends" ... us being the Canadians, our Belgian expat and English expat friends who are now living in France.

We then travelled to our English "French Connection" friends' home for a short visit ... their home is also set in the vineyards.

Now I will put in a plug for Le Caillau ...if you are in the area you should go stop by ... whether it is for a coffee and something sweet from the cake counter, lunch or dinner or just a glass of wine and nibbles sitting under the shade of the umbrellas in the courtyard ... Sit, relax and enjoy the surroundings.

Www.lecaillau.com

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Time ...

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How quickly time seems to go ... in reality it does actually go quickly!

Just look around you ... the seasons change rapidly from one to the other unless of course you live in an area with long hard winters and then you wonder if you will ever see Spring and Summer again.

This time of year it is particularly noticeable to me.

Another school year has finished and all the little people (my darling grandchildren) in my life have again grown and sprouted like beans in the garden.

I am missing them all very much and look forward to spending time with them during their Summer vacation.

We are on the last part of this year's European adventure ... a few more days in the Lot Valley and then we will spend our last week in the Langedouc region of France.

On our first day back ... we made a stop in Cahors for lunch in the Place Gambetta.

We had a day of rest ... then our "French Connection" friends visited us.

I had a chance to cook today and we enjoyed a delicious lunch on the "Belgian Connection's" terrace and quickly caught up with all that happened since we last saw each other.

Welcome back to the Lot Valley!

Friday, June 27, 2014

Lourdes

The last day of our Santiago road trip took us to Lourdes, France.

Lourdes is a small town lying at the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes ... purported to have happened in 1858 to a young girl Bernadette Soubirous.

The mist hanging over the mountains ...