Leaving St Emilion was bittersweet. On the upside, we had tasted (and purchased) an extensive selection of Bordeaux wines; on the downside, we didn’t have enough time to really see the medieval town, explore its underground caverns or venture on a cycling tour of the nearby wineries. But, you live and learn, and the experience of regret as we were leaving certainly solidified my strong preference to never spend just one night somewhere – it is just too much of a tease!
After a beautiful few days exploring the stunning Loire Valley and Amboise, we drove our trusty Renault four hours south to the Dordogne department in Aquitaine, with our destination of Sarlat e La Canada (more commonly referred to as just ‘Sarlat’) highlighted on our map.
En route to Sarlat we have scheduled in a couple of exciting pit-stops – the first one being Gouffre de Padirac in the Lot Department.
One of my favourite eras of history is that of the English royalty, and specifically the times of the War of the Roses and the subsequent Tudor dynasty.
I will write a separate entry on the War of the Roses (sometimes called the Cousins’ War also) but one of the most spell-binding stories of the Tudor Dynasty centres around King Henry VIII and his six wives.