Village Life in the Dordogne Part I

Here are some highlights of my trip to France. We spent six days exploring the wonders of the Dordogne River valley including prehistoric cave paintings, sculptures, tools and artifacts. We stayed in the medieval town of Sarlat-la-Caneda, visited many ancient castles, abbeys, and stone villages.
There is a wonderful Museum of Prehistory in the village of Les Ezyies. There we also entered the caves of Rouffignac and Font de Gaume and saw exquisite paintings made 18,000 years ago.

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• cave paintings
• Dordogne
• Sarlat
• Les Ezyies
• Lascaux
• Font de Gaume
• Rocamadour
• cro-magnon
• neanderthal
• Grammar Spice
• MIT travel

[lindaleecasey]

Beautifully done .. I'm going to go now

[fkrinsky]

@lindaleecasey Are you going to take an alumni tour? If you go to this area, i recommend the side trip to Font de Gaume, one of the few painted caves still open to the public. You have to make reservations months in advance unless you have a tour guide who can get you in. They only allow 100 visitors a day in groups of 10. Seeing the painted reindeer was a highlight of my trip.

[searella59]

Delightful!

[fkrinsky]

I'm gld you enjoyed it. This is definitely a trip that I recommend. It was amazing.

[alicephrontistery]

Love it! (Yes, I found the photographer, yaay!)

[fkrinsky]

You are very smart! and observant too!

[fkrinsky]

Ir was a wonderful trip. I am making Part 2 now, and it is even more amazing! Thanks for watching....and maybe you will write another story soon...........:)

[elohelemilyyy]

It's beautiful there! You're so lucky you could go:]

[fkrinsky]

Thanks for watching! It was long. Part 2 is on the way.

[FISHGAL69]

Very interesting and enjoyable.