28 mai 2011 - The Market and a BBQ

SAMEDI

Banner No Gazaran , No Pasaran! protesting the drilling for shale gas.

Protesters with signs. Three gendarmes busy at work.

Walking through the market.

More protesters hold a banner non au gaz de schiste in the main square of Sarlat.

An article in the SudOuest talks about the protest.

Today is national bicycle day in France and Sarlat organized an event at the public garden in celebration.

Empty niche mariale. Window planters.

A tourist group is temporary blocked as a street cleaner truck heads down the narrow street after the market finished clearing out.

Afternoon beverage in Place de la Liberté.

Attention, one of the many current holes in Sarlat.

The tables set and mushrooms on the grill.

One of my colleagues invited Erica and I as well as some friends over for a barbecue. It was a beautiful, warm evening with lovely company and food.

27 mai 2011

VENDREDI

 The back of a boulangerie.

 Eastern Sarlat. 

Erica arrives in Sarlat via Souillac.

26 mai 2011

JEUDI

 Finally some clouds in Sarlat-la-Canéda.

The present gas station at Leclerc.

New gas station being built on the other side of the building.

25 mai 2011

MERCREDI

The roundabout's new look is complete, now it is the planter's turn.

New shopping carts at Leclerc.

24 mai 2011 - No Lack of Attention given to Sarlat

MARDI

Time for new plants at the roundabout. 

Zooming in just beyond the roundabout, they are digging up the roadside to lay wires.

The direction of traffic is alternated, because along one lane along Avenue du Lot is open while they dig holes along the side of the road.

The digging continues along Avenue de la Canéda.

It is just after ten in the evening and it is still dusk. The square is rather lively with tourists. It feels like summer with the temperature in the 70s. 

23 mai 2011

LUNDI

After teaching I take a leisure stroll through town.

The completion of the railroad renovation should be complete in just over a month. A train carrying material passes over the viaduct.

22 mai 2011 - Morning Trip to Saint-Cyprien

DIMANCHE

Catch a 7:20am bus (that replaces the train) from Sarlat to Saint-Cyprien

 Twenty minutes later, I arrive in Saint-Cyprien, a town with 1,500 people.

Clouds hang over the Dordogne countryside.

Sunday market.

Église de Saint-Cyprien built in the 13^th and 14^th century stands out in the panorama of the town.

Windmill-esque. May pole honoring the boss and employees of a hardware store.

On my way to the Dordogne I cross over the train tracks. A small borie or cabane en pierre sèche.

The Dordogne River.

Wait for bus back to Sarlat.

Pass through La Roque-Gageac. Arrive at Sarlat train station.