A General Strike in Perigueux, France in the Dordogne. The march begins in front of our hotel, the Bristol Hotel.
Eunice waves to the marchers from our hotel window.
Some talk back to Eunice
Several thousand people seem to be in the parade
The march continues through the city center.
A chocolate shop
The streets in the old town.
The strikers are at every turn of every street in oldtown.
In a park which was once the center of a Roman Theater, Spring has definitely arrived in Perigueux, France
One of the walls to the park that were once the passageway to the Roman Theater
Terry enjoys the sun of the Perigord region.
Down a passage way the rather unusual towers of the Perigueux cathedral
Eunice in her new sunglasses in the park that was once a Roman theater
Vines grow where actors or gladiators once entered.
A young boy plays with the pebbles on the walk way as his grandfather looks on in the Park
In Perigueux, Terry is facinated by the French flexibility with one way streets.
At the bridge over the Tarn in Albi, Languedoc, France
Eunice at the River Tarn bridge in Albi
The black spot below the dam is a dog playing in the river
A dog enjoys swimming in the Tarn river
The dog swims back to shore.
The dog swiming in the river joins another on the shore where their master is.
A monument to citizens and soldiers killed in WWII.
Eunice at the entrance to the Toulouse-Lautrec museum in Albi. He was born in Albi in 1864
Eunice approaching the entrance to the museum.
The exterior of the museum, which was once the residence of the Church officials in Albi. The Palais de la Berbie or “bishop's palace” was begun in 1265.
A view of the river Tarn in Albi, France
The formal gardens on the grounds of what is now the Toulouse-Lautrec museum
Terry overlooking the Tarn from the Toulouse-Lautrec museum
The Cathedrale Ste-Cecile in Albi
The “Pop Bar” in Albi
These windows in Albi are are ocupied by dolls that seem to be observing the people in the street.
Eunice walking against traffic on the way back to the hotel.
Snow covered mountains of the Massif Central (left center) on the way back from Albi to Lyon.
This is the least populated region of France we are driving through.
Another view of the landscape. These are eroded volcanic mountains.
We did not drive over this very high highway over the gorge.
Snow is not only on the mountains, but near the road in March in in the Massif Central region of France.
The air terminal Saint Exupery outside Lyon where Eunice will fly home from while Terry stays to lecture at enssib.
Another view of St. Expuery terminal
Since we arrived back at the airport on Saturday night, and Eunice does not leave until Monday, on Sunday we drive to Perouges, a medieval village, near Lyon.
We see the village of Perouges on the hill from a distance
The center of the village
An Osteopathe sign in the village of Perouges
The ”pretty bird“ in Perouges
Corn is hung from the roof of a restaurant porch
Another view of the corn hung from the ceiling.
The Village center
Eunice buying some small boxes in Perouges
Outside the shop where Eunice found the boxes of a cat and a bird
Making traditional pastries
Eunice purchasing a slice of “galette” in Perouges
The transaction is made
More choices are in the window
The kitchen is very busy
Eunice enjoys the sweet pastry
Terry at the entrance to medieval Perouges.
The church in Perouges.
Inside the church in Perouges. It had nice stained glass windows at the front.
The photo of the windows did not turn out well.
Another chance to sample a “galette” on the way to the car park.
Euince decides she wants another Galette of Perouges before she leaves.
They are made in an open oven
A Chateau in the lake district (Les Dombes) ends our Sunday drive.
Sunday evening Anne-Marie Bertrand invited us to dinner at her apartment. Eunice enjoys a glass of wine with Anne-Marie
Terry and Anne-Marie on Sunday evening
