Driving no man's land...
Where are we? I don't know. Next to this heap of wood?
That's our Fiat 500. Great car, by the way.
Our off-roading did bring us to this cool stone building, for which we totally trespassed to get a closer look...
Back on the "road." Finally...Rocamadour!
Since Rocamadour is built on a cliff, the thing to do is go to the top of the chateau and walk out on this ledge and...wait, why am I doing this?...
Oh, right, to look down...
And Shan's out of there. But Dave's brave...
A stone gutter on the roof...
The real reason people come to Rocamadour is it's on one of the pilgrimage trails to Santiago de Compostela, so the thing to do is actually the hillside stations of the cross...
...which lead to all kinds of chapels below. One of them has a very famous black madonna, seen in the center of this photo, against the blue background. A beautiful chapel with stars painted behind the altar, and a lot of ship/navigation references. This is a very naughty photo, as taking it was technically forbidden...
Two more angles on the church...
And more great door detail...
While walking out of town, a backward glance...
Nifty succulent plant on this lane...
On our way back to the B&B, a shot of one of the many walnut orchards in the region...
...and a moody vineyard...
...and another house in the rock...
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