Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:00 PM

Today, after a bit of a sleep-in, some breakfast, and a nice relax around the house in Grandma's cottage in Malevergne, we drove into the city of Sarlat la Caneda. Actually we followed the GPS instructions and like Daddy's Garmin, it gave a more direct route through the back roads, much to the chargrin of Grandma (Daddy liked it a lot and he was driving!).

It was very busy in the city - lots of tourists and people walking around the old city. We parked in a nearby parking lot and walked down to the main street. Grandad pointed out the apartment we were to stay later in the week. Even though the markets had closed by the time we got there (after 2pm), we still found places to buy some lunch - bread and cherries and some eclaires for afters. Grandad and Daddy walked back to the car while Grandma and I waited for them. We then drove around till we found a nice park to have a picnic in (see the Green arrow in the map link). Grandma had brought the makings for lunch and Grandad had a nice bottle of wine. I had some Fanta (which I've learned to enjoy - much nicer than the US version and nowhere near as sweet).

We drove back to the cottage again for a rest. On the way we stopped briefly to watch a farmer bail his hay into large round bails of hay.

In the evening, we drove to Domme (via Monfort where there is a very pretty little castle). Domme is up high over the river Dordogne with very pretty views. Did you know that this area is famous for the production of Foie gras which is both goose liver or duck liver. Everyone but me had some for their entree.

After walking around the village of Domme, we had dinner at the nice restaurant up there that had been recommended to Grandad by a local shopkeeper. It was a lovely evening to sit outside.

On the way home, we drove back via La Roque which we'll go to tomorrow for a boat trip on the Dordogne. That should be very good. The way home was fun because the GPS had us going along all sorts of narrow back roads, some of which even had grass growing down the middle! Daddy thought it was really fun.

It was another late night but I'm really enjoying myself!