Dordogne/Vezere Day 4. (9/27/17)

Today is market day in Sarlat and I wanted to check out the morning market before we started our exploring for the day.  The Wednesday market is set up in the medieval center’s square. The market in the church building is open as well.  We walked through and saw lots of delicious looking fruits and vegetables, tables of big wheels of local cheese, breads of all kinds.  There were stalls selling sausages, fish, nougat.  Walnuts are grown in this area so one of the local products is walnut oil and walnut cake.  Truffles and mushrooms are popular too.  It was a great market and we bought some things to snack on, but you could tell that many people were there to do their regular shopping as well.

After the market, we drove to Domme, another village that overlooks the Dordogne.  Not much going on in town, but the views from the overlook were nice. The church in the village square is built inside of pretty honey-colored bricks, even the ceiling is brick.

It was a bright sunny day, so we pulled out our little cooler and had a picnic next to the river.  Several couples in canoes floated by as we were eating.

We saw a sign for a castle in Montfort but when we got there, it was closed. :( That actually turned out to be a stroke of luck because we followed a sign to Commarque, which is a castle ruin and we really enjoyed seeing it.  It’s a longish walk from the parking lot and it was a pretty warm day but it was worth the effort.  The man who owns it has spent several years reclaiming the remnants of the castle from the undergrowth that almost completely covered it.  You can see several areas of the castle, climb the tower and look out over the countryside, even play games.  They have a whole room that is dedicated to medieval games. I assume they use these when groups of school kids come to visit, but Mike and I had a blast playing some of the games ourselves!