A Day in Sarlat 14 June

A day to wander in wonderous Sarlat.

My next bike parked in front of the hotel….

Next to the hotel were two war memorials. One to each war. The WW1 memorial presented a soldier with his boot on the German eagle. The eagle had naturally blakend with age because of rain falling on it. Or did the sculptor plan that? This is a day to look at the detail of everything in this visually overloading tour.

Across from it was the memorial to WWll. On the right side were the names of all men, women and children deported to the concentration camps. The left side were all French Soldiers that died.

Nearby was a bus loading German tourists all apparently my age….born about the same time all this was happening.

A small free lending library on the Main Street…

Restaurant staff was setting up tables for lunch business. This is a basket of mushrooms…

I found this lovely back street hotel. Two Americans were leaving it and described how lovely it was. The kind of hotel I would have chosen. Ours is ok on the Main Street. Hardly the romance of this one.

The entrance..

http://www.villaconsuls.fr/en/accueil/
The room rates posted on the entry gate:

Just up the narrow street was Hotel Des Recollets…2 Stars!

http://www.hotel-recollets-sarlat.com/acceuilgb.php
Specialty aroma soap shops are popular in the tourist areas. This one offered the opportunity to try a free sample!

This building housed a multi-level artist studio. On the first level I met a lovely artist couple. Married 60 years. Davina was a local retired teacher and spoke English. Hers were the paintings. Paul’s were fine wood work. Up an old stone spiral staircase to the top was Adrian Kenyon’s studio that he (a Brit) has occupied for 15 years. Perhaps the most fascinating man I have ever met…..because he seems to think like me! That is extremely rare!!