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A short but dense trip
Like each year, I went back to France for a quick
trip of 2 weeks, unsually short for a home leave, but I must say that Eiko and
I really optimized our time and managed to make the best of our holidays to
visit friends, relatives, etc., especially for the ones who couldn't come to
our wedding ceremony last April.
We obviously stayed for a few days in Bordeaux with my family, then quickly went to Marsac, close to Perigueux to visit Rudy, Caroline and of course the lovely Lucille.
Rudy also took us around in Perigueux for a highly optimized 40-minutes tour, as my brother and his wife had to catch a train.
The following day was spent in the beautiful city
of Sarlat, a Unesco world heritage, a bit too crowded to my taste this year
though.
The town, while once wealthy, has been denied any more fundings during
MiddleAge and was therefore unable to carry on any architectural work.
Although renovated since then (as the town has become a Unesco World
heritage), Sarlat is still made of stone and has kept intact the charm of the
old French towns.
Lacanau, famous for its surf world championship, was our next destination,
as we were invited by my uncle to spend the day there in his apartment.
It was a bit cloudy on that day, but the overcast only increased the dramatic
effect of the Atlantic ocean and did not impact the pleasure of a nice walk on
the beach.
Back to Paris, we took the opportunity to
celebrate our first wedding anniversary (September 4th for those who had
forgotten!) in a nice restaurant in town.
We did want to go to a relais &
châteaux restaurant, but most of them were either closed on Saturday
so we ended up booking a table at the Hotel de Vigny, which was not really
listed as a restaurant in the reference book, but the meal we had there was
just sublime, and I would highly recommend it, as prices are not exorbitant
either and the service was also very nice.
Finally, the last day in Paris was spent in the Musée d'Orsay, famous
for its exhibition of impressionism art, where we spent the whole day, while I
though we would only spend a couple of hours!
The museum itself is a former train station, which makes its architecture very interesting, while being able to host hundreds of pieces of art, spread accross several floors.
It took us nearly 6 hours to visit everything we were interested in, taking into accounts the few breaks we had to take to take some rest!
Shortly before going back home, we dropped by Notre-Dame de Paris, where an impressive ceremony was being held.
All the pictures are in the Gallery.
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