Yesterday we drove from Brittany to the Dordogne, through the Charente region which was mostly agricultural, with occasional very cool looking modern windmills, and then into wine country, through the town of Cognac, and into the Dordogne. Lucie's brother came over for a delicious dinner of ratatouille and then we headed to his land and cabin, said hi to the goats, Lucie took a boat ride around one of the ponds, and we visited the depressed chicken who doesn't lay eggs are leave the coop even after putting her butt in ice water to snap her out of her morose state.
Today Jean-Jacques, Lucie and I went to one of my favorite places, the twelfth century water mill that grinds walnuts into oil. Only open on Sundays, today was the first time I actually saw the process in action. The place smelled heavenly. I would buy the perfume if their was one. The video below starts with the nuts and ends with the water wheel that powers the whole thing. Afterwards we walked around a bit, on a 2000 year old Roman road, still semi-paved, where you could see the ruts and grooves from the ancient carts that passed that way so long ago.
2009-06-14
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Today Jean-Jacques, Lucie and I went to one of my favorite places, the twelfth century water mill that grinds walnuts into oil. Only open on Sundays, today was the first time I actually saw the process in action. The place smelled heavenly. I would buy the perfume if their was one. The video below starts with the nuts and ends with the water wheel that powers the whole thing. Afterwards we walked around a bit, on a 2000 year old Roman road, still semi-paved, where you could see the ruts and grooves from the ancient carts that passed that way so long ago.