My life in pictures
Posted in The back doors with tags adventure, France, mountains, pictures, Pyrenees, sightseeing on November 9, 2011 by ehh36Read on below for an update of the harvest season! In other news, Dad and Grandma Trudy were just here last week for a visit and I have also moved to the northern city of Angers for three weeks to take classes. In lieu of writing all about October now (don’t worry it will come eventually) I’m giving you a preview in pictures. Which might be more eloquent than anything I can write for you anyway.
Market day in the medieval town of Sarlat; the perfect place to find bread, cheese and sausage for a picnic
A thousand year old castle rises up out of the hill in the middle of the rural Dordogne river valley
The castle across the valley, seen from the view in an underground cave carved out by Magdelinian people, is now privately owned by an English family
Dad and I at the top the watch tower, overlooking the valley, at the chateau
The Maison Forte de Reignac is literally a stone house, with rooms and stairs carved into the huge cliff behind the first wall
The stony, cold, interior of the Maison de Reignac carves its way through three levels of rock
Dad and Grandma enjoying lunch at Les Jardins de Marqueyssac, high above the Dordogne river with exceptional views of the countryside
A covered passageway through the box hedges at Marqueyssac, the perfect childhood fantasy
The watchful companion of a farmer in the Pyrenees Mountians
Wandering goats on the hillside overlooking the village of St Lary Soulan
At 6000 feet, the view from the living room of our B&B high up in the mountains
In the Pyrenees National Park, Spain just behind us and a stunning view of the farming valley below
The epitomy of a rugged mountain horse: deep chested, short legged, hairier than a sheep dog, and eternally friendly
Family love
The fog rolls through the mountains on a fall afternoon heavier than the workhorses who live here