"Perched" villages

A "perched" village is one built at the top and/or down the sides of a steep hill or promontory. One of the most famous villages of this type in France is the one called Rocamadour, built on a site about an hour's drive on winding, narrow roads southeast of the Château Montfort, which posted about a few days ago.

Here's Rocamadour from afar.

Below is a closer view.

Better

It's raining again this morning, but not so hard. Tasha the Shelie seems to be over her appetit loss and general lethardy. All that is good news. I've got more photos from Dordogne, but I'm not ready to struggle with posting them yet. Later...

Gloom

It's pouring rain outside this morning. The dog is feeling sick, so she needed to go outdoors at 5ive a.m. She got soaked. I was able to dry her off some when she finally came back inside. She wouldn't eat anything. No pouch food, no bread, no kibble. No dog biscuits. The only thing she would eat was a small portion of her morning croissant that we share every day. She did drink a small amount of water. Then she went back outside and wandered around in the yard for a few more minutes. I'm not sure what the problem is. More later.

There are heavy rains in France, right now, to the south and west of us, with flooding and hail. Charming.

Tasha the collie slept for about five hours this morning. Then she suddenly woke up at around 10 o'clock and ate a small amount of food. She walked around in the house for almost an hour. She has now gone back downstairs, where we have the front and back doors open so that she can go outside when she needs or wants to.

Dordogne châteaux (3): Montfort

Here are a couple of shots of another château on the Loire less than half an hour's drive from Castelnau and Beynac. It's called the château de Monfort, and the first castle on this site was built starting in the 11th or 12th century... and torn down the the 13th. It was torn down and rebuilt st least three times during the Hundred Year's war between the English and the French in the 1300s and 1400s, if I can believe what I read. Here's a link to the Montfort web site, in English and with photos of many other châteaux.