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Showing posts with label Toulouse to Nice. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Driving on the wrong side of the road

Harry driving out of our b&b near Lalbenque - a lovely 17th Century farm house
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cool things to stop and look at...
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a romantic town on a cliff...
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castles!
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castles with candy inside!
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castles with Harry inside!
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roman amphitheaters
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mythical fountains
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sunsets
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and creme brules!
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The Truffle Region of France!

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Harry attends the famous Lalbenque Truffle market and meets local producers

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Producers line up with their baskets and at 10am the rope is dropped and the buyers can start bidding!
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A special truffle procession at another town and another market.
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Harry out in the fields and forests with truffle specialist Pier
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We ate truffles 3 days straight! Phewf!
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