Dordogne Valley

We went for a few days in South West of France to see my familly in law. This place is called Dordogne because of the river which crosses this area.

We know this area really well but it's always a pleasure to visit some place like the village of BEYNAC.

It's a medieval village next to the Dordogne River.

A vintage postman car...

All these small streets are so typical!

 

Most of the buildings are made of a beautiful yellow stones in this region.

 

The weather was really hot so I chose a simple coton day dress from the early 50's.

 

I think that a lot of my non-european readers must think that most of french villages are like this... but I must say no, just some pretty places have been restaured and preserved.

 

BEYNAC is also well known for its castle seen in many medieval movies.

 

There are some cute tiny gardens.

 

All the streets are very steep and we felt really tired at the top....

 

But you need to endure that to see the beautiful castle....

Dordogne is the place in FRANCE where you will see the more castles, the legend says more than 1001....

From Beynac you can see some other ones and the other side of the river mostly from Middle Age.

At the top you also have a great view of the Valley and see many canoes on the River.

Here are both of us... not the best picture ever... but it's pretty rare to see us on the same picture, isn't it?

There are many cats walking here or there...

We tried to take picture as we were alone to visit this nice place but it's not the truth, there are many tourist from all over the world.

We really don't like vacations by sea without doing anything. We like to visit museums and places from the past.

And here is another place near the Dordogne River called LA ROQUE GAGEAC.

It's also a medieval village...

but with many plants!

We can feel like being in another continent...

Another great view from Dordogne...

What an amazing tree!!!

Look like an old mission in south America, isn't it?

One of the most beautiful village of France!

We also saw many other castles....

We are kind of proud to be french when you are visited so much nice places!!!!

Have you ever heard about Dordogne?

Do you like to visit castles?

Around the Lake....

This week-end was the first days of my summer vacation!

So I drove my '54 chevy to a small vintage cars event.

It was near a charming lake...

I chose to wear yellow that is a pretty hard color to wear for a blonde gal.

You will certainly recognize one of the most famous french car, the 2 CV (2 horses) from CITROEN.

Most of the cars were european...

and in these kind of local events, there are more and more cars from the 70's, 80's and even 90's... I don't like this so much...

But there are also some nice things from the era we love.

Here is the ARONDE (means swallow) from SIMCA a small french car from the 50's.

The colors of these pictures are quite light due to a mistake of selection on my camera, but it's not so bad... give a vintage look, isn't it?

I bought these dress 4 years ago at Viva Las Vegas.

The DS from CITROEN is also a iconic french car from the 50's really futurist for this era.

Another french car a DYNA from Panhard.

This is a 1922 DELAGE a really luxurious french car.

You will ask me what is this egg next to my car.... just a vintage 50's pump for firemen!

This cute little red MG from the 50's is our neighbours one.

A small utility car, the Prairie model from RENAULT.

We also find some time to visit a nice flea market and here are my finds of the day, all these for 2 euros...

One bakelite bangle and another made of plastic probably from the 60's like this cute chineese brooch.

And I was lucky enough today to find this CUTE little purse from the 50's made with a kind of coconut!!!!

Do you know some french cars from the 50's?

What do you think a this coconut purse?