Thursday Cordes sur Ciel, Najac, Figeac

<=(The view from the castle type place where we stayed. It was a great little place, and dinner was not bad either. The waitress had a strong Romanian accent, so we didn't want to ask. It was nice of her to speak French with us though.)



Thursday - Started the day taking snaps of the castle next to where we stayed, then went into town - Cordes sur Ciel.

(The garden of the castle type place where we stayed next to Cordes sur Ciel)=>

It's a steep uphill walk, then the old town is pretty flat, high up there, with a spectacular view. Ollie complained, until Louis picked up a map with a numbered walk. Then they led the way around town trying to find the numbers.



<=(Breakfast at Cordes sur Ciel, not so glamourous)








(The uphill walk started ok, but steadily degraded in motivation from there, until we got a map with numbers.)=>

<=(The view all the way up was spectacular through the peepholes, gates and off walls.)















(You can walk anywhere in the village, and there's something to see.)=>









<=(Happy boys on the hunt for the numbers along the path. The map needed to be interpreted to find where we were and were going.)


Lunch was a relaxing cheese sandwich in the car, with a bit of fruit







Stopped at Najac, which is a great little medieval German type town with a 13C castle on the hill adjacent. Spectacular.


(Beautiful Najac, it's quiet, but I suppose it's also winter)=>






<=(The old castle at Najac from the 13th century)

(Hunt the hotel at Figeac. The tourist office called everywhere that we chose, until we ended up at the Best Western. Not boutique, independe t, but still v. interesting! Gorgeous old building with a tonne of character.)=>




Found a great place to stay at Figeac in an old building. The room has a loft level, which the kids love, and makes us feel safe, while giving a bit of privacy. This town is quite beautiful, medieval, winding narrow streets, homes over hanging the street.

<=(Near the museum of Hieroglyphics, Rosetta stone, and cracking them. Pop pop would have gone completely mental. Sadly it's still on the to-do list.)

Figeac is the birthplace of the guy who cracked Hieroglyphics.