Today was really fun. We ran around a lot but didn't really stop anywhere. We just kept driving around the little towns and chateaus. We drove to Montignac and took pictures of the chateau. There was simply too much climbing involved for us to want to do that again, after yesterday. We drove around the Nut Museum too. At some point we drove through a beautiful village with an old church, but everything is on a hill. I can really feel my quads after all the climbing yesterday!
Then we headed back and found a sign for a chateau, so we followed it. We had a great scenic drive, over a one-lane stone bridge, but the chateau didn't open until 2pm. We followed another sign, another scenic drive - including a Scenic View official stop - but this chateau turned out to be a hotel. Frank - it's in the middle of nowhere and very scenic. Might be fun to stay there. I think it said 3 stars.
We kept driving these little roads. Several times we were almost run over by tractors. We went towards another chateau in Salignac, but got distracted by the gardens. Les Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac are gorgeous. We didn't go in, because it cost 12.50 euros, although the parking was free. There's over 10 hectares of sculpted gardens and 200 hectares of private woods. There's 2.5 km and 4.5 km walking trails. We decided not to walk, so I bought postcards instead.
We kept driving, but heading back towards Salignac. We decided to hit the chateau there, but it was under construction! At that point it was getting towards late afternoon, so we headed back to Sarlat. We took Chips shopping at the new big Leclerc supermarket and then had supper.
Supper was ham, mushroom, and olive pizza. The olives still had pits! We also had a great salad with some dressing that was really good. Almost like a creamy Italian, but lighter and not Italian. Which probably maked no sense. But it was really good.
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