Thursday, June 26, 2014

A picture I took yesterday morning as we left Benevent l'Abbaye. An amazing place that just appears in the middle of nowhere. The massive Collegiale St. Barthelemy dates from the 12th century. It is in the Northwest corner of the Departement of the Creuse, not too far from Gueret, in one of the least populated regions of France. The town itself is a page out of time. Perfectly preserved.  Here's another pic of me and my breakfast and what a grand breakfast it was!

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bj said...
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bj said...

Très belle, mon ami and quite a repast! Not the Continental breakfast I'm used to at hotels here in 'Murka.
Hey! You guys didn't get caught up in any of the flooding did you? I understand it was severe in your region .....

microdot said...

It was areal surprise. We had booked this place last winter and had to postpone the trip when the dog died...The village was Montaguit le blanc and when we arrived, we thought we had the wrong address because from the road, the place almost looks abandoned, but inside, it was a huge old home, once a hat workshop incredibly furnished, 3 suites with very big private baths....we had a very nice dinner with the hosts with a bottle of 2008 Fronsac. The next morning, breakfast in the garden...3 different types of bread and brioche, home made confiture, fruit, cheese and the local ham. The area isn't that far from us, but France is a place where you can travel a short distance and everything is different. We actually get the local news from this region, because we are on the edge. The floods were in the south east down around Grasse. We lucked out with the weather. Last week was oppressively hot we were actually having a drought. Then a huge storm roared through and it got a lot cooler and dumped a lot of rain. Great little break....we visited Aubusson, La Souterrein, Gueret and a really original private garden called Val de Maubrune. The only disappointment was that I planned to take my wife to a restaurant in St. Leonard de Noblat we discovered a few years ago and when we got there, it was over.

Ol'Buzzard said...

Mainland Europeans eat so much better than Americans (and the English.) A meal is something to savor and enjoy; where here in the US it is - scoff down as much as you can stuff in in the shortest time possible.

the Ol'Buzzard