We set off early Saturday morning with our mapped out route that Bob had gone through with us the night before............ Michael Bubbles CD on singing merrily along when about an hour into the trip we seemed to have gone wrong LOL. No problem we will go and visit Rocamadour. I had been here about 3o years ago so was pleased to be making a return visit.
Rocamadour is on the eastern edge of the area, across the border from the Dordogne into the Lot department. Rocamadour, in the Parc Naturel Régional des Causses du Quercy, Rocamadour, though small, is amazing for its location, it is built on the edge of a cliff, with the river Alzou below at the bottom of the gorge. Many of the buildings are cut into the rock.
Off again on our new route......we do like an adventure.... we went over a new suspension bridge which we had been told about but we don't know were it was !!
Found it.....This bridge is the world's highest road bridge. Opened in January 2005, it spans the valley of the River Tarn, a 2.5 km wide gorge dividing two plateaux in France's rugged Massif Central. Part of the motorway from Paris to Barcelona, it enables motorists to drive through the sky, often above the clouds.
The Millau bridge crosses the Tarn valley at its lowest point, linking the causse du Larzac to the causse rouge. The bridge is within the perimeter of the Grands Causses regional natural park.
We sort of went Rodez, Arles, Avignon, we did a nice sight seeing trip in Avignon and got slightly lost again but that's the fun.
We arrived in
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse It is a medieval village tucked in a "closed valley" at the southwestern corner of the mountainous Plateau de Vaucluse, 25 km east of Avignon. It is ancient, it's interesting, and it's worth a visit. A key feature of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is the truly amazing and unique sight of a river gushing up out of the ground.
A much needed supper was had sat by a waterwheel, realising the time we had to try and find accommodation something we should of done earlier and maybe a ditch would never have featured....... tee hee!!
1 comment:
You've taken some great pics.
That bridge is SCARY!!
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