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Nederlands (Dutch)Holiday 2013

In August 2013 Laura and I visit the Dordogne, where we camp for one and a half weeks on a small campsite in a forest (on our way up we visit the Musée des 24 Heures in Le Mans). Afterwards we spend a few days in Kröv at the Moselle, and the following week Laura does a singing course in the monastery of Springiersbach. I take a detour home, via the Schlumpf car museum in Mulhouse, and I return to Springiersbach for the students' concerts at the end of Laura's course. A little less than a week later Laura and I, together with Michel, spend a few days at the Moselle for Laura's performance in the opera Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc in the same Carmelite monastery in Springiersbach. This page presents a collection of photos of our time in the Dordogne and at the Moselle. Click on a photo for enlargement.


at night on our way up

On our way up we spend the night in a bed & breakfast in a luxury farmhouse in Germany.


pink farmhouse

Lots of pink, even in the farm yard.


coffee

We drink our morning coffees outside.


bed in the garden

In the farm garden.


cow

But there are cows too.


calf

And calfs.


calfs

Four curious calfs.


balcony

Our balcony.


doors

Doors.


camping

By now we've just arrived at the camping Manzac Ferme in Augignac, in the Dordogne. The camping is owned by Britons (who offered us the coffee that's next to Laura). It is small, very quiet and remote. Laura studies for her singing course.


tent

There is a spacious pitch for our tent. The camping is in a forest, and our tent is next to a small river (Bandiat).


me

Me (photo by Laura).


Brantôme

Brantôme. On the right is the monastery, on the left the old village.


god

God, carved in the wall of a cave underneath the monastery.


cat

The pub's cat continues to lie on his chair while the boss moves him to another spot, chair and all.


Saint-Jean-de-Côle

Laura walking in Saint-Jean-de-Côle.


water mill

Water mill in Saint-Jean-de-Côle.


Laura

Laura in Saint-Jean-de-Côle.


Laura

Laura.


Laura

Laura.


Saint-Jean-de-Côle

View of Saint-Jean-de-Côle.


Saint-Jean-de-Côle

Saint-Jean-de-Côle, including self portrait.


Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe, and an evening of drizzle. The area around our camping has a lot of small lakes. The lake of Saint-Estèphe is quite large. On the left is a beach. The rest of our holiday is dry and sunny, apart from a thunderstrom on the very first night.


camping

Our tent.


forest

The forest around our tent.


forest

The forest, and the river Bandiat.


forest

More forest.


Piégut-Pluviers

The tower of Piégut-Pluviers, all that remains of the castle that Richard Lionheart destroyed in 1199.


Saint-Jean-de-Côle

Saint-Jean-de-Côle at night.


terrace

Our favorite pub in Piégut-Pluviers has very good food and drinks, and also home made tableware.


terrace

Outside that same pub.


hibiscus

The hibiscus of the pub in bloom.


sunshade

Sunshade.


me

Me, behind the wheel and with the top open (photo by Laura).


Piégut-Pluviers

Piégut-Pluviers.


forest

Back at the camping.


reflection

Sunlight on the water and reflection of trees.


tent

Zooming in on our tent.


Laura

Laura is practising, using sheet music and headphones.


tent

The tent again.


Laura

Laura prepares dinner.


Jeu de boules

Jeu de boules in Saint-Estèphe.


Jeu de boules

Jeu de boules in Saint-Estèphe.


camping

Surroundings of our tent.


leaf

Leaf.


flower

Flower.


Laura

Laura reading. The banks of the river are quite steep. Our tent is at the bottom, near the river, but here Laura is higher up along the bank.


spider's web

Dewdrops on a spider's web.


thistle

Thistle.


insects

Insects mating.


insects

One saying goodbye to the other.


hoverfly

Hoverfly.


butterfly

Butterfly.


reflection

Reflection on the water.


spider's web

Spider's web in a tree.


hibiscus

Hibiscus.


ruin

Ruin.


Moselle

The Moselle.


swans

Swans on the bank of the Moselle.


swans

Swans and ducks on the bank of the Moselle.


swan

Head of a swan.


Kröv

Surroundings of Kröv.


grapevines

Grapevines.


church

Church.


statue

Somebody has presented a statue at the Kröv cemetary with a heart.


Moselle

Laura looking out over the Moselle.


monastery

Laura enters the monastery.


Mulhouse

View from my hotel room in the centre of Mulhouse.


Michel

Michel enjoys the evening sun and the white Mosel wine on a terrace in Bengel.


monastery

The Carmelite monastery in Springiersbach.


church ceiling

Ceiling of the church in Springiersbach.


terrace

Terrace in Reil.


This holiday we have travelled around 5350 kilometres in total.


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