We have had a lot of rainy days on this trip but today we were lucky. It was an absolutely beautiful fall day. We went canoeing 19 kilometers down the Dordogne River from the Grolejac Bridge to the Vézac bridge. The company we rented the canoe from was called Canoe sans Frontière.
The river was high and flowing quite fast so we didn’t have to paddle much. We only saw one other canoe. It was a peaceful and relaxing trip. We saw three large chateaus towering over the river as we paddled by.
About two hours into our trip we stopped to stretch and have a snack at La Roque Gageac, a village right next to the river.
The owner of the canoes told us to call him as we were leaving the village and he would meet us after the second bridge about thirty minutes later. the second chateau of the trip appeared as we went around the next curve in the river.
The final chateau was overlooking the spot where we took the canoe out of the water.
As the owner drove us back to the start in his van we got to practice our French as he told us when each chateau was built, how many fish are in the river and how high the water is because of all the rain.
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A beautiful canoe trip with interesting views of the chateaus! So glad you had a sunny clear day!
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Any bears or moose?
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That really looks like fun. So glad you had a beautiful day to canoe. Is this something you had arranged in advance? Are you able to communicate pretty well in French or some people able to speak English?
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Duke read about it in Rick Steves. He emailed them the day before but that is all. I’m getting along in French. I’ve managed to make reservations for dinner by phone all in French a couple of times. But I’m still a very long way from Duke’s Spanish skills. Most people speak some English but I think they find it stressful to try. But we have managed.
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You both do any amazing job with the languages. So glad you we able to interpret when we were there!
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A very cool time to take a trip on a canoe but with all your backroad trips, I thought you would paddle the backwaters as well ha ah. Well done Duke Lewis and Marion Clark.
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Jealous!
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