June 10- Lascaux wall painting

Today we drove to see the cave housing a re-creation of ancient paintings in a nearby cave.  Lunch was at a pleasant riverside restaurant.

Super huge salad that Ann and I shared. It had many of the regional specialties- duck breast, foi gras & walnuts, as well as lettuce & tomatoes.  It was so big that it was served on a cutting board. Although we shared it with everyone else, we still weren't able to finish it.

June 9-Touring around Sarlat

Today we visited several villages near Sarlat.  The short drive was enjoyable because we were on country roads winding through picturesque countryside.

Lunch in the village of Domme at a table with a great view of the valley below.

Gail was pleased with her lunch

My Panna Cotta dessert

June 8- Long drive from Paris to Sarlat

To get from Paris to our next stop, Sarlat, we were going to take a train to Bordeaux, then rent a van and drive 2.5 hours to Sarlat.  A strike cancelled our train so we were glad to have reserved a van in Paris.  What should have been a 5.5 hour drive to Sarlat was turned into a 9 hour drive because a long stretch of highway was closed by water damage due to recent storms. Fortunately, t-mobile provides free international data and I have an app called waze, which helped us get to Sarlat.

June 17-Last day

I just noticed a couple of posts that I didn't publish last June while on our Viking River cruise in Bordeaux.

Our last dinner menu

Lobster appetizer

Mushroom soup

Chateaux b

Dessert

The well fed gang enjoying dessert

June 6 - Soufflés for lunch

We had a fun lunch at a restaurant called Le Soufflé, which lists and soufflés for appetizers entrées and desserts. The desserts were particularly good. Here are some photos of what we ate:

Teri and her souffle

Gail and her chocolate souffle

Our grande Marnier souffle

June 5 -Paris

Marge and I are on a trip with my sisters Ann and Gail, cousin Teri and Ann's husband Joe.  We flew from SFO on Air France in San Airbus A380, which I believe is the biggest passenger plane in service. It had big overhead bins and is much quieter than the 747.  The meals were ok.  The BIG downside was that the seats were very hard and made sleep impossible.

We are staying at Hotel Champ du Mars, located just off a pedestrian street called rue Cler.  They is an excellent patisserie within steps of our hotel, so I'm happy as a clam.

We had dinner at a restaurant recommended by my sister Pat - Pascal, about a 7 min walk from the hotel. Here are some photos of our dishes:

Our corner table

My gazpacho soup

Marge's foi gras

My spare ribs with pureed sweet potatoes

Marie's fish

My chocolat lava cake

Ann's profiterole