Day 10 - Sarlat to Rocamadour

September 28^th, 2002

sooooooo happy

We were very lucky to be in Sarlat for the famous Saturday market when the whole town becomes an outdoor bazaar, it is quite a sight. We started off with various cakes and breads, and then completed our market shopping with a block of kick ass cheese, approximately the size of Spiros' head. We packed our market finds and started our bike ride towards Rocamadour. Another beautiful scenic ride along the Dordogne awaited us. We stopped off for lunch at a park next to the Dordogne in Souillac. Spiros disappeared for half and hour and returned with some fougasse, tomatoes and wine!!! Love my husband!!!! We had a very long, very relaxing lunch. 

The remaining ride to Rocamadour included a 5km strenuous uphill. We pulled into L’Hospitalet, a town situated on the plateau overlooking Rocamadour and set up camp. We walked down from the plateau to “La Cité”, the town centre. What a sight! Another beautifully stunning village perched on the side of a cliff, with a castle at the top overlooking the valley. I must sound like a broken record by now. We made our way up the 223 stairs of the Grand Escalier to Chapelle Notre Dame to see the 12th century black Madonna and then made our way to the 14th century château perched high above “La Cité”. We decided to have dinner in L’Hospitalet at a restaurant overlooking Rocamadour and retired to the tent…oh yeah, and had some more cheese.