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Report 1939: Chateaux, Rillettes, Sunflowers, Mistral and Tour de France Triumphal Finish

By Anastasia from Canada, Summer 2011

Page 9 of 28: St Leon sur Vezere

St Leon sur Vezere

After breakfast we took off to Saint Leon sur Vezere. The plan was to buy our lunch there at Dejeuner sur l’herbe and then a relaxing picnic by the water. The small picnic place was closed, and so we just chose among touristy looking restaurants in the village center. Auberge du pont had a terrace beautifully shaded by trees and other vegetation. So we sat there and chose from the menu. I went with roast lamb and my husband with a lamb gigot. My lamb came accompanied by gratin dauphinois, zucchinis, roast tomato and half of a renverse of zucchini. The food was good, the lamb very tender. My pieces had a lot of grease on them that I did cut out, but the meat was tender. Renverse of zucchini didn't have much taste, and I had only tried potatoes because I don't like béchamel sauce. Despite this I had more than enough food with the meat and all vegetables. The lunch was very pleasant there with a glass of wine and a beer.

After lunch, we decided to go to the panoramic point above St Leon. I had previously received directions from the lady at the tourist office who drew a map for us. The directions were simple to follow and the views were beautiful. We could lie there on the picnic tablecloth I brought with us laid on the grass. We relaxed there for some time before driving to our camping in Carsac-Aillac.

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