A week in a place called La farge, a small place (33 acres of land) outside of Jumilhac Le Grand. Merijn is going to cook for a group of people, but before they are coming we had a relaxing week there. We by the way are; Merijn, Nynke (my housemate) and I.
After a road trip of 900 something kilometers we arrived at a very idyllic spot somewhere in the south-east of France called La Farge. A huge residence with an enormous amount of land surrounding it. The area has problems with it’s population… everybody is leaving. Lot’s of foreigners buying real estate and living there for a short period every year.
A summary of what we did in our week:
- The first evening we walked through it’s forest and found a small river running beside it. The nice thing about the forest was that the owners made a tree hut, set up walking bridges between trees and had big safety nets underneath it all.
- Road cycling. The longest trip being a 140 km route to and from Perigueux. I did not think it possible for me to actually cycle for such a long distance with a lot of steep hills in the terrain. But I did and it felt awesome.
- We drank wine, ate cheese and some foie gras at a typical restaurant.
- Night live. We found out that Limoges has a nice history, but it’s hard to find a nice pub after 1.00am.
- Merijn can make poetry from song. Dutch band called Frank Boeijen groep with Kronenburgerpark.