Souillace to Rocamadour/Toulouse/Carcasonne

Had a lie in as usual, spoke on skype to folks in GP and started our journey at about 1030am. This hotel in Souillace turned out to be better than expected. They gave us this massive room with one double and 2 single beds but charged us for a double room. It was relatively quiet though located close to the railway station. Am not sure how tourist get around without a car if they arrived by train..... maybe they have bicyles to get by cos we did see some Americans riding. I think the Dordogne river is nice to explore by cycling or kayaking which we can try next time when the kiddos are big enough.

From Souillace, Rocamadour is just 40mins away. Rocamadour is quite unusual, the village being built on the edge of the cliff, with a catherdral of the black virgin. Used to attract pilgrims in the past but not so much these days.

Before our trek, we sat down and had some bread with the smoked duck breast, truffle infused olive oil and truffle balsaminc vinegar! Lovely.









Village...







It was super duper hot too... felt like 30 degrees! The heat felt like it was penetrating your skin. Gosh, I think I've climatised to the cool and winter-ish weather.

More walking....







Someone looking tired...



Enjoyed the few hours of trekking up and down the village with a few pit stops at benches in between to catch our breath.









Finally walking up and out....



Some perched for a view...



The view...



Next pit stop - Toulosse, a fairly huge city. We were a little tired by the time we got here after the heat wave! But we carried on and walked around for a couple hours in the square, had some snacks and attempted to have an early dinner but most of the restaurants/cafes we wanted to try were not opened till 730pm! So we thought we continue our journey to Carcasonne where we will be spending the night and we might as well pick up dinner there.

What we remember of Toulosse :-) ...

The ice cream with the long queue...



Pretty Bickies....



Carcasonne medieval city is amazing even at night! Well lit and just so grand, so special as if it was a man made theme park! We will browse it more the next morning.... so off we were to a yummy dinner and back to the hotel.

By night...