After Sarlat......

Our short stay in Sarlat was over in a flash and we headed further south to our old stomping ground - we were house and pet sitting in a village not far from where we lived for a year or so back in 2007 when we first decided to up sticks and travel for a while.

Our charges were two delightful dogs, a greyhound and a doberman - both older dogs and both very sweet.

It was lovely to be back in familiar surroundings, nothing had changed and, it was also a great opportunity to catch up with old friends.

We managed a couple of get togethers including a delicious pizza at the local pizzeria and where one of friends now works!

Best of all we went to a local auberge and enjoyed a delicious fixed price menu (formula), which consisted of vegetable soup, hor d'oeuvres, omlette and french fries, dessert of fromage blanc with rasberry coulis, coffee and a pichet of vin de table - all for under 15 euros/head!!!! Good times.

We also managed a half day trip down to the pretty village of Arreau - we lived here for a couple of months and memories came flooding back. Again the weather was kind and we had a lovely afternoon revisiting old haunts and reminiscing - we never would have guessed back then that we would have had the good fortune and opportunities to travel as extensively as we have done over the last few years - life really is full of surprises!!