mint Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I thought I'd give ALBF something to amuse him as a welcome relief from his nappy-changing duties, his baby-burping obligations and his endless task of child-minding, etc.Of course, it involves the Dordogne, where else? Don't forget ALBF HAS visited for a whole weekend[:D]According to the National Geographic, the Dordogne is the 5th "in a list of 28 of the world's most exciting destinations for 2019".Mind you, it's perhaps not that great to have beaten the top four: Mexico City, the Peruvian Jungle, Fanjingshen in China and Dakar in Senegal.Anyone visited those places?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I've been to Mexico City and Dakar. I think on the basis of my superficial knowledge of three of the top 5, I can safely venture the opinion that they're a diverse selection.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 How come they missed off Tours? Shameful! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 ALBF has blighted the place for normal,folk!I think hs has g9ne quiet because of the pressures of breast feeding and his split nipples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Probably so high because of the number of Yanks in Sarlat in the summer.AND Lascaux caves near Montignac. A must see, btw, now that 4 has been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 [quote user="Noisette"]How come they missed off Tours? Shameful! ;-)[/quote]Seconded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 OMG MINT !My niece is a traveller and she went to a remote buddhist temple in somewhere or other where you have to trek for miles to see it.When she arrived it was overrun with tourists with an ice cream van parked outside. It was really not what she was expecting after such a long walk. LOL.That is how I saw the Dordogne. Take away the tourists and the Brit reg RHD drive cars and ALBF says the Dordogne is worth a visit. But like the Peruvian jungle, I don't want to live there. AND YOU..Cheeky Nos.Tours has been pretty much on the news everyday this week for some reason or other. There was also a report about how house prices where going through the roof !!! Bizzare. Tours is better than the Dordogne to go shopping on a Saturday. There are loads of hospitals and medical specialists. Good schools. 3 cinemas and loads of other things to do. And...and ...and.... not many tourists......thank god. Can the Peruvian rainforest boast that ?..... ......no ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 You can't argue with that...the Peruvian jungle is singularly short on cinemas. Just as Tours is a bit lacking in rare plant and insect life. I understand that there are some bizarre and endangered species of mammal, though :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Noisette, I am still in bed, looking at the méteo and trying to decide whether I can be bothered to get up and go walking. Asthma playing up in these days of endless rain and .......ugh!But you have made me laugh.... And it's true that laughter is the best medicine[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I beg to differ Nos.There is a Jardin Botanique right in the centre. And you don't have to risk chopping off your legs with a scythe to visit ithttps://www.tours.fr/services-infos-pratiques/585-jardin-botanique.htmand....you can have a Mac Dos on your way home.So Tours wins again. !!!Best city in France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just to give a bit of a balanced view......I know a couple who live in a tall, beautiful house by the cathedral in Tours and they have bought a comfortable, large house in the Dordogne for holidays until their retirement when they will come to live here full time.So, ALBF, as everyone keeps telling you, it's horses for courses and we all like different things. What is the best city in France for you is clearly no great shakes compared to the rural, natural beauty of the Dordogne for my friends (in case you are wondering, they are French)[:P]BTW their village is not a patch on mine[:P] See that, bias on my part? We all do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 ALBF, I'll have a look at the link in a minute. Hope it's more interesting than Rouen's, though. Pass on the McDo's thanks all the same :-)Happily, I don't live in the Dordogne. The Lot et Garonne is a bijou little département without anything particularly spectacular but quietly lovable, well-tended, great fun in summer but not overrun with tourists, or toursists :-) It's a shame that Mrs ALBF's (presumably) french love of her country hasn't rubbed off over the years. Most French I know still think that most of it is worth exploring fully, as well as the newly discovered joys of long-haul travel :-) Isn't it wonderful to have the choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 [quote user="mint"]Noisette, I am still in bed, looking at the méteo and trying to decide whether I can be bothered to get up and go walking. Asthma playing up in these days of endless rain and .......ugh!But you have made me laugh.... And it's true that laughter is the best medicine[:D][/quote] Tsssss! The sun's out here, at last! I occasionally think back to my mother's UK GP telling her how good the SW French climate would be for her arthritis! Ha! Poor old biddy died of terminal rust! Nowhere's perfect, is it? At least nowhere that we can afford :-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Noisette, you are so right, nowhere's perfect and I wasn't whinging. I was just feeling idle and hesitating about going out, wearing my brand new, just waxed walking shoes. After all, why would I want to wear them to get them dirty and mud-covered?[:-))]Will have been living here full time for 12 years come 1 April so am pretty used to how life is à la française. Don't know how I shall leave, if circumstances make leaving inevitable. I have wonderful neighbours for a start. This morning, one of them came to the door to tell me that if my internet is off, it's not my line but something that affects the whole "secteur".Then, late afternoon, no sooner had we come in from shopping than another neighbour came ringing the bell at the gate with a massive plate of still warm pancakes...for chandeleur, of course[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Mint - ALBF won't have had time to experience the wonderful neighbours in the Dordogne. Once, when my husband had to return to England and I was alone in the house for two weeks, I noticed that my neighbour was strolling past the house early in the morning and realised that he was quietly checking if I was up and about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 In 11 years living in the Dordogne we've never seen them. Are they really worth a visit?Hoddy we have a few neighbours too, but they're all working and busy so I rarely see them.If I died no one would know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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