Saturday, October 1 and it’s market day in Sarlat. It’s a rainy day, which is a bit disappointing. Rain or shine we are going. The market is a few minutes walk away in the old town and I enjoyed walking the different streets to see what what people were selling. We didn’t buy anything except for bread for dinner and some strawberries, but for me the markets are always about the ambience. I’m sure we will see more while we are in France.

Boxed wine!
As we approached the dog on the right and saw his name was Smokey I made a comment to Jim about how great it would be if the other dog was named Bandit. We got closer and saw it was. The owner overheard me, spoke English and we talked about the dogs names. We had a nice conversation with him and he allowed me to take their picture.

We decided that the weather was perfect for a nap. We left home 6 weeks ago and it seemed like the perfect day for it. We woke up refreshed and went back to see how things looked after the market. We walked down streets we hadn’t seen before and enjoyed discovering new things.

From the 17th century
From 1550

We walked down a tiny street and some people in a doorway stopped us and invited us in to look at their floral exhibits in the different rooms of what might have been rental units. They each seemed to have kitchens and presumably bathrooms, although we didn’t see them. The rooms were beautiful.

From the street behind the building

We went back to our apartment and I cooked dinner. Eating out gets old after awhile. It was a good day.

Our apartment is the one with the umbrella