IF IT'S FRIDAY, IT MUST BE THE BASTARD

Alastair, Helen, Annette, Gai, Dawn, Bossy Boots and Philip outside the Bastard Hotel in Lectoure.
We had a wonderful lunch.
Bon voyage, Bon retour, Bon fin de vacances et Bon continuation.
We hope to see some or all of you again one day at La Petite Galerie.
Ray et Lynne

MORE LAZY DAYS IN SW FRANCE

Visiting another bastide. This is Vianne

A picnic at Lavardac on the banks of the river

Sur le pont vieux à Nerac

Look what we painted today

Tackling the subjunctive with Anna

When in doubt - eat. Dinner en plein air at the Continental in Condom

La cité médiévale Saint-Emilion est inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'humanité par l'Unesco depuis 1999

Here we are at Saint-Emilion, looking down at the square (below) where we're going to have lunch.

This is what we saw from the tower (above).
We had a delightful lunch at Amelia Canta as you can see in the picture below.

Just to prove it's not all work and no play, here we are having a lesson with local 'prof' Anna

LAZY DAYS IN GASCONY

Here we are at the start of our walk. We're on our way from Condom to Larressingle on the Pilgrims Path to Compostela.
In the background are the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan, (but we don't think they're coming with us.)

Les quatres pelerins juste avant d'arriver a Larressingle.

Voila - on est arrive a Larressingle.

Degustation au Domaine de Magnaut, au coeur de la région de l'Armagnac Ténarèze dans le Gers en Gascogne.

 Toute l'equipe avec Jean-Marie Terraube (et sa fille), Vigneron Indépendant.

BIENVENU LES AUSTRALIENS

Gai and Philip, Annette, Dawn, and Helen and Alastair on their holiday in France. They're here to brush up on their French and we hope to give them a good time doing it. Here they all are in the Capitole in Toulouse.

Belvedere à Toulouse - on the rooftop of Les Galeries Lafayette.

En route à La Petite Galerie, un petit pause à Auvillar, un des plus beaux villages de France.

OUR LAST FEW DAYS IN GASCONY

Always time for a picnic - here we are at Fources on the river bank across from the  chateau

Breakfast at La Petite Galerie - the croissants are to die for.

On our last day in France. Hard at work painting irises in the lounge

Suzanne,Michelle, Dawn, Jan and Ed showing just one example of their output - and waiting for the  Guggenheim agent to  ring.
It's bon voyage and bon retour tomorrow.

GASCONY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS FOOD...AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PICS

Lunch at St Emilion

Picnic at Fources

Just outside Le Moulin de Saveurs

JUST TO PROVE IT WASN'T ALL PLAY AND NO WORK...

Suzanne and Jan painting at La Romieu in the Gers

Dawn and Michelle also hard at work at La Romieu

All four ladies making a masterpiece at Fources, officially listed as  One of the Most Beautiful Villages in France

Suzanne showing us what she did

Jan doing the same thing

And Michelle and Dawn with their paintings

When they heard that we were painting, they came from far and wide to see what we were producing.