May 20 Orléans to the Dordogne

End of one part of the adventure and onto the next

After:

•   25 hours of French classes
•   Somewhere around 3500 km of driving
•   12 awesome châteaux, oh plus the one we live in, all very different in their own ways
•   Countless bottles of wine
•   Many varieties of cheese
•   Crab, escargot, moules, pâté, quinelles, tartes, poisson, salade Lyonaise, confit du canard
•   Dinners with old friends and dinners with new friends (who we will miss, but see again)
•   Hikes along the Canal d'Orléans and in the Forest d'Orléans, a walk along the D-Day landing beaches of La Manche (English Channel)
•   Cathedrals and Abbeys
•   Jeanne d'Arc (French saint) and Diane de Poitiers (French mistress),

We are now half way through our time in France (and Spain).  We have met some wonderful people, and have some amazing memories to take with us.  Today have left our château flat that has been home for the last month, hopefully for warmer and drier weather.  We will spend the next week and a half travelling into Spain to spend time with our Spanish daughter, Lucia, and her family, before settling into Provence for a month.

Today we arrived in Beynac a sleepy little town, so we thought.  Turns out it is a medieval village with a kick ass castle, here are the pictures to prove it.  Hope you enjoy them. (44°50'24.7"N, 1°08'42.7"E)