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Day 1 Toulouse -
Day 2 Toulouse -
Day 3 Toulouse -
Day 4 Argelliers -
Day 5 Argelliers; Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert -
Day 6 Argelliers; Montpellier -
Day 7 Argelliers; Grotte Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc -
Day 8 Argelliers; Nîmes -
Day 9 Argelliers -
Day 10 Argelliers; Béziers -
Day 11 Lansargues -
Day 12 Lansargues; Camargue -
Day 13 Lansargues; Camargue; Aigues-Mortes -
Day 14 Montrozier -
Day 15 Montrozier -
Day 16 Montrozier -
Day 17 Montrozier; Micropolis; Roquefort -
Day 18 Ambeyrac -
Day 19 Ambeyrac -
Day 20 Ambeyrac; Pech Merle; Cahors -
Day 21 Ambeyrac; Foissac -
Day 22 Toulouse -
Day 23 Toulouse -
Day 24 Toulouse; La Grotte de Niaux; Tarascon-sur-Ariège; Foix -
Day 25 Toulouse; Musée des Augustins -
Day 26 Toulouse; Musée Aeroscopia -
Day 27 Toulouse -
Day 28 Freising, Germany
Day 18 — Ambeyrac Airbnb Rental — Ambeyrac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitania map
Ambeyrac, France
This morning, we said goodbye to our amazing house in Montrozier. The boys begged us to just cancel the remainder of our bookings and spend the rest of our vacation at that home. Although rather luxurious, it was time to move on.
We traveled a little over an hour from Montrozier and arrived at Ambeyrac, which is quite rural and isolated. There’s a woman who opens a little storefront up the street every once in a while, and we understand that the local butcher opens only on Thursday mornings, but that’s it for groceries in a 15 kilometer radius.
We are staying in a converted barn adjacent to a nice old farmhouse, surrounded by amazing gardens.
The house seen from the garden. We’re staying at the barn, right.
A British couple bought the property, which includes the main house and the gardens, and restored it.
The Converted Barn
Christopher played the boys at ping pong. He beat both of them.
The house even has a swimming pool, but the weather is not cooperating. We are back to wearing multiple sweaters and negotiating the heat with our hosts. The only way we could get into that water is with a wetsuit.
A view of the main house from the barn.
After Montrozier’s rambling house, the barn is a bit cramped, although functional. The hosts seem like very nice people. They live in the main house and Marion, who’s a professional chef, will cook us dinner tomorrow for Mother’s Day! For some reason, Mother’s Day in France is celebrated a week later than it is in the United States.
Before it started to rain this afternoon, Nicholas, Christopher, and I did get to walk about and explore the countryside. Timothy had better things to do that involved sitting with his computer back at the house.
There are some interesting insects here. These are like silk worms; lots and lots of caterpillars live inside the silk.
Nicholas is being attacked by mosquitoes.
There are still some challenges. As city folk, we’re just not used to the diversity of rural life. Christopher did set the centipede free outside after a successful capture in a Kleenex. My vote was to flush it down the toilet.
Love from the middle of nowhere France!
Ambeyrac is near Le Lot River.