...trying to get back into writing blog posts after returning from our holiday in a beautiful little gite in St Michel de Double in the Dordogne, France.
Our French gite
This was our first holiday abroad with Badger, since he got his puppy passport. So we took the fast ferry to Cherbourg and drove down to the Loire Valley. First time I touched foot on French soil was to have a pee in a farmers field just off the motorway as we couldn't understand the road signs for services, classy hey!
After a four hour drive south, we arrived at the Loire Valley and stepped out of the air conditioned car into 30 degrees heat, perfect. We found a hotel overlooking the Loire river and I can't believe we didn't need to pre-book, we just walked in off the street with a doggy.
The view from our room
The town is built around this chateau
After wandering around the food market, we got back in the air conditioned car and drove another four hours (which was so easy accompanied by Joanna Newsom's new album 'have one on me', Bon Iver and PJ Harvey's old album) to our gite in Dordogne. Where we stepped out into 40 degree heat. Woah, it blew us away.
Our back garden
Our bedroom
So we settled in by the pool and relaxed, for the next week...
Apart from trips to the lake where Sam swam with badger
This was our first holiday abroad with Badger, since he got his puppy passport. So we took the fast ferry to Cherbourg and drove down to the Loire Valley. First time I touched foot on French soil was to have a pee in a farmers field just off the motorway as we couldn't understand the road signs for services, classy hey!
After a four hour drive south, we arrived at the Loire Valley and stepped out of the air conditioned car into 30 degrees heat, perfect. We found a hotel overlooking the Loire river and I can't believe we didn't need to pre-book, we just walked in off the street with a doggy.
The town is built around this chateau
After wandering around the food market, we got back in the air conditioned car and drove another four hours (which was so easy accompanied by Joanna Newsom's new album 'have one on me', Bon Iver and PJ Harvey's old album) to our gite in Dordogne. Where we stepped out into 40 degree heat. Woah, it blew us away.
So we settled in by the pool and relaxed, for the next week...
Apart from trips to the lake where Sam swam with badger
OMG! This looks unbelievably beautiful! It looks like Disneyland! You went on holiday to an actual fairyland!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a link to the place you stayed? Or is it your private house?
Ooohhh didn't know that Joanna Newsom had a new album out! Will have to have a listen :)
Glad you had a lovely break and it's nice to have you back :) x
Thanks Emma, its lovely to be back!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/france/fr9039.htm
Here's the link to the gite. Oh I wish it was ours but it belongs to an amazing Russian painter x