Wildlife in the French Countryside

In wondefful downtown Perigueux today stunning weather 20° C sunny arrived in Limoges after a flying journey on the French rail system; car at the airport as the alamo office closed sat pm lovely taxi driver indicated the correct route to take_ despite this we drove around Limoges villages for a while to get the correct road out_ good for Dale to practice his LH drive technique_ scary at first seeing cars approaching in the left lane_ even for the navigating passenger!All well and we reached Hautefort to get directions at the tourist office to Chassaing where our house is - it looked even better than the internet photos and Mike and Elaine Moore (expat UK) were most kind and hospitable giving us a welcome cup of tea.Suggested a restaurant in the next villag for dinner_ lovely cute decor and an amazing meal aperitif 5 courses and wine for 60 dollars for 2i e vge soup,salade and pate entree,roast turkey with beer and grapes,massivplate of veges cheese platter pear tart to die for So much we did not eat much the next day really lovely home cooking_ Perigord specialities of duck gizzard salad and duck confit were passed on too fatty we thought_Visited Hautefort Sunday after catching up on washing.The ,medical museum there was fascinating in an old hospice run by the nuns for the poor. Babies could be abandoned there thru a revolving cradle so no one saw the mother.Black death Dr and nun models in a reconstructed ward of the 17th century started the display then dental,pharmacy and doctors surgeries from all eras were shown with actual offices donated and loaned by people in the area_very interesting,informative place.Monday was not fine so had a rest day around the village. Coming out of the papershop D spied an Aston Martin V12
most unexpected sight in a tiny village. The owner turned out to be a local who took us for coffee and to show us his house nearby. He is in Paris now and we hope to catch up before we leave.Dinner at Nathalies again as we felt we could cope better now by not eating bread etc.Had another lovely meal and chatted to a personable Dutch couple who invited us to play golf with them. Forecast not good till Fri so it is planned for then. Tues set off for Rocamadour and Collanges Rouges which we visited 30 yrs ago. Both are still beautiful places but commercialism is rife!Crazy numbers of shops galleries etc in both some full of junk souvenirs others with interesting goodies none of which I need.Dale managed the drive on the motorway at 130k hit the vermouth and bed.
Today have bought the most tasty and expensive sheep cheeses from a chrming saleswoman at the market here and embarking on the tourist walks this afternoon,looks a great town so far.