Motorhoming in France

[Threviel]

We try to not spend too mich time looking for food items, so a supermarket when we move from one place to another is our solution.

And just to prove me wrong a small little shop here in Rocamadour had some excellent walnut bread, in addition to baguettes.

Today we'll stroll around here and look at Durandal. I've somehow gotten the impression that Rocamadour would be an excellent start position for doing st James way, the camino or whatever it's called.

[Threviel]

The specialty here seems to be Foie Gras. I'm avoiding that because I've heard that it's made by pushing a pipe down the throat of the birds and force feeding them until they by an enlarged liver.

Am I right? It would be nice to try it.

[Tamas]

The specialty here seems to be Foie Gras. I'm avoiding that because I've heard that it's made by pushing a pipe down the throat of the birds and force feeding them until they by an enlarged liver.

Am I right? It would be nice to try it.

Yes.

[garbon]

Apparently production is banned in all the blue countries/states.

[Duque de Bragança]

The specialty here seems to be Foie Gras. I'm avoiding that because I've heard that it's made by pushing a pipe down the throat of the birds and force feeding them until they by an enlarged liver.

Am I right? It would be nice to try it.

I don't like it, but it's merely a taste thing.

[Threviel]

So. I went into a store and the nice lady there claimed that she reared the ducks herself and she also prepared the cans. She was nice and I had had a little wine so I bought a few cans. According to the lady the ducks quite enjoy the pipe.

[garbon]

[Valmy]

Apparently production is banned in all the blue countries/states.

What does the red mean?

[Grey Fox]

Top 5 producer is my guess.

[Duque de Bragança]

Top 5 producer is my guess.

We have a winner here!

Main countries and regions producing Foie Gras
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[Valmy]

China just has to be in the top 5 of producing anything.

[garbon]

Interesting that California has a ban while New York is a major producer.

[Threviel]

We've had some tech problems, the gps in my wife's iPhone seems to have stopped working. Previously she drove using her gos and I aided with mine, trying to avoid any stupid mistakes. Now she uses my phone and we fall for the not perfect choices Google map makes, like trying to go through the center of old towns with an 8 m long motorhome. In Albi it wanted to go over the 1000 year old bridge and through the cathedral square instead of going around on the big way around. Sometimes it's quite exciting.

So. We went from Lascaux to Rocamadour and then to Albi. The cathedral and bishops palace in Albi was very interesting. They both looked like fortresses and were quite clear a big fuck you to the cathars. The church was very nice on the inside despite its intimidating exterior. The old bishops palace houses a museum with a huge collection of Toulouse-Lautrecs art which my wife enjoyed immensely. Unfortunately the motorhome area closed and we had to move, so now we're in Carcassonne. It's raining, but we can at least see the walls from inside the car.

We are at the the farthest point, next time we move it will be towards home.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_9rWH0p43A

Don't go this way.

[mongers]

We've had some tech problems, the gps in my wife's iPhone seems to have stopped working. Previously she drove using her gos and I aided with mine, trying to avoid any stupid mistakes. Now she uses my phone and we fall for the not perfect choices Google map makes, like trying to go through the center of old towns with an 8 m long motorhome. In Albi it wanted to go over the 1000 year old bridge and through the cathedral square instead of going around on the big way around. Sometimes it's quite exciting.

So. We went from Lascaux to Rocamadour and then to Albi. The cathedral and bishops palace in Albi was very interesting. They both looked like fortresses and were quite clear a big fuck you to the cathars. The church was very nice on the inside despite its intimidating exterior. The old bishops palace houses a museum with a huge collection of Toulouse-Lautrecs art which my wife enjoyed immensely. Unfortunately the motorhome area closed and we had to move, so now we're in Carcassonne. It's raining, but we can at least see the walls from inside the car.

We are at the the farthest point, next time we move it will be towards home.

Love the details, this is quite an adventure, thanks Threviel.

We need an American to do a semi-epic road trip across the US, posting in a new thread as they go along, it would make a nice companion to yours.