Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Day 3 of hiking- Les Eyzies de Tayac to Beynac

Well, the good thing is that we didn't get lost at all today. We had breakfast at 8 am and made it to Beyac by 2:50 pm. In the interim, we hiked through beautiful farm country in river valleys, through mountains - where we picnicked at a twelfth century church- and through forests. We didn't get to feed any goats but we had lively conversations with sheep and geese along the way.

Beynac is a pictesque but tiny medival town capped by a castle called wait for it- Chateau de Beynac. The entrance to the town is about three storefronts wide and tbe rest of it is almost vertical up the mountain side. Very steep, slick Tbecause of the rain) and yellow.
It was a good visit.

We're staying at the very small and simple Hotel du Chateau.

More to come.