The Best Trip Ever

Today we found geese! They were on their way to lunch, following a guy on a tractor who filled troughs for them just at lunchtime. They looked fat, happy, and silly, as geese usually do.

Speaking of geese, we've eaten way too well here, but I'm already looking forward to menus that do not feature foie gras and duck confit. I know it's sacrilegious, but I'm not that excited about foie gras, which I find way too rich, and duck confit seems to me like a nice occasional treat, not a daily staple.

We've been especially happy with dinners here in Sarlat at Le Presidial, a very good restaurant with a lovely garden, and L'Octroi, a nice little bistro just outside the historic center. We had lunch on Sunday at La Belle Etoile in La Roque-Gageac, suggested by Ann from Hawaii on the message board. Although the weather didn't cooperate with our plan to eat out on the terrace overlooking the river, we had a lovely meal in a dining room almost entirely full of elderly British folk.

Today, in addition to visiting the geese, we took the tour at Lascaux II. I'm so glad we were able to take an English tour, because the explanations made all the difference. We stopped to buy tickets on Saturday and asked about the English tour, which they said they added just for us, but by today it was completely full. I was surprised by how beautiful the cave paintings were.