Rural France: Montignac, Sarlat & Carsac

This morning we left efficiently and to start off with the traffic was easy to get out of the city. However, as we approached getting onto the motorway there was a huge traffic jam - after 30 minutes of very slow movement, we managed to be the first car to get through when the whole accident issue was solved. Of course, Craig was excellent - always impressed with his driving. Onto the motorway which proved to be expensive tolls - but the roads in France are MUCH better than Italy/Sicily and even the UK. After a couple of hours, we made it to our first very pretty rural village - Montignac-Lascaux. We had a very pretty walk around. Unfortunately, it had been raining all morning and was still spitting here but we did stop for a coffee and crepe. I chose the one that had 'strawberries' but unfortunately it was jam, not fruit. Not to my liking. Back to the car and onto Sarlat-la-Caneda. What a very beautiful town this was with a medieval centre and many pretty buildings. This all meant it was also quite touristy. Certainly worth seeing but not good to spend money in.Read more