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Dordogne - Part 1

Doug had Friday off of school so we took off to the Dordogne region and found a place to stay in this cool little town hanging onto the cliff side.
On Saturday morning we went for a boat ride down the Dordogne river, a different perspective on the castles. The guide was interesting and told us about the area and the how it was in the middle ages. (Imagine having to tow a 35000 kg boat up river by hand on muddy tow paths)

Then it was a close up look at one of the castles, Castlenord. It had a whole display on the weapons of the middle ages - they don't seem so terrible considering the chances of hitting something with any of them seems pretty slim!

Next on our list of things to do was to see a cave, so we chose one that included a boat ride through on an underground river, Gouffre de Padirac, very neat but we decided not to pay the 8euro for the picture (although I am now wishing we had).

Then we crisscrossed our way through the valley to the town where we were planning on spending the night, and found a cute hotel a good meal and called it a day.

posted by Doug and Sarah @ 1:52 AM