southwestern France district where Bordeaux is located. I recall the drive from Bordeaux to Brantome was about 2 hours. We lunched on the outside terrace at *La Moulin de L'Abbaye, then returned to Bordeaux where we were staying.
La Moulin is as charming as they get; the old mill/inn/restaurant is highly rated with excellent cuisine and atmosphere. Wish we'd had more time to see the surrounding town of Brantome and the famous old Abbey.
In several days we managed to do a lot before returning to Paris a la TGV, then flying back to DC. Never forget those amazing yellow fields of Sunflowers looking out the windows of the train.
There's so much more to do in SW France, the wines! esp. Saint Emilion; Lascaux, incredible thousands of years old Paleolithic cave paintings first discovered in 1940; Gascony and the Basque region.
In southeastern France there's Toulouse and more; yesterday met someone who had lived there. Brantome is also on the pilgrimage road, the Camino de Santiago to Spain which I didn't realize at the time. Ah, France..
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-Appa
http://www.moulinabbaye.com/en/
http://www.northofthedordogne.com/brantome.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux
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