Well, the morning started out with Kellie getting up and complaining that some bird kept chirping and woke her up several times during the night. Of course, I didn't hear a bird until she said that. When I did hear it, it was really loud and sounded like it was in the house. I looked around and finally opened the door to the stairs going up to the attic and there it was at the bottom of the stairs. Just a little baby. It is now sitting in a cage in the kitchen. I don't know if it will survive because they put water and dog food in there and who knows whether or not it will self feed.
Today, we took a little drive out into the country and found this castle. We went up the hill to see it but it is private and I suppose someone is living in it. Afterwards we went to a Bastide, a fortified city, where we walked around the open market and then went to a restaurant to eat lunch. Afterwards we drove further down the road to an old Abbey which dated back to the late 11th Century. There was a place there where Kellie spent time learning to do calligraphy and the fancy first letter that the monks always used.
Anyway, it was quite a pleasant afternoon. It was just Bernadette, Kellie, Daniele and myself who went so it was quiet. Hopefully we go out on few more sorties like this one because this old stuff is quite interesting. I am always amazed at how people back then could build castles and churches like they did without the use of heavy equipment to do the lifting, placing, digging, stone carving and so forth.
2 comments:
wow the pictures are beautiful! im jealous ha and the poor little birdie! if being away from its momma bird doesn't kill it the dog food will :D
kellie gets more comments on her blog because she reacts when people tease her, so it makes it fun. jeff and nick wait anxiously for a blog post every day, ready to comment. what bastide did you go to? are you guys gonna go to st. emilion? i bet kellie would like the tower that you can climb to the top of.
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