Lascaux II & Bergerac

Continuing on to Geoff's next mission city, Bergerac, we made a small detour to see one of the oldest prehistoric caves on the planet. Laxcaux is known for its drawings that are 15,000 to 17,000 years old. We had studied these people and their drawings in world history this year so it was fun to see them in real life. These caves were seen as temples, and the drawings of horses, deer, buffalo, etc. are magnificently painted in action, like we might think of a cartoon. There is clearly some form of writing system which no one has been able to decipher. Small little dugouts in the cave walls have small easels displaying paintings illuminated by a candle. All of these finding were discovered in 1940 by some boys out looking for their dog. Can you imagine stumbling across anything so amazing?!

The drive continued to be beautiful. We stopped in a small town called Sarlat-la-Caneda which is touted as one of the most attractive medieval towns in France. Nice but over-discovered; we quickly moved on. I took a few pictures of the attractive architecture, though.

Driving along we would come across little towns built with stone, and full of French charm.

We also passed many chateau...

Bergerac is a beautiful city along the Dordogne River, with gorgeous original medieval pockets. We searched out Geoff's apartment, played along the river, ate in the old town square and walked along the river at sunset.

Geoff's apartment