Waking up the next morning in the tent was a bit of a come down, but with only one more night in the tent left, it was a little sad packing it up for the day. But, the day was beautiful, and we had a plan to go and see Carsac, Sarlat, and Perigeux. Cecille, a friend we'd met on the trip over had given us a little route for our return to Paris, and that's what we decided to follow.
First on the list was Carsac - Cecile's home town, and the home of her father, bit of a legend in the archeological circles. This is a tiny little town on the Dordogne, and seems to be the center of prehistoric archeology in France. We stopped there for breakfast, and took a look around. A bit later, as we were driving out we found an open air exhibition. Wandering down to have a look, and it was a tribute to Cecile's father. Very cool.
From there, it was only a short drive on to Sarlat - a town where we spent plenty of time wandering aimlessly around the days market. We've been pretty lucky on this trip - it's been fairly regular that we've turned up on market day and had the pleasure of sampling local produce.
Whilst Nic wandered the market, spent my Visa and increased our luggage capacity, I rested in an outdoor cafe, drinking copious amounts of amber fluid, and eating two ice-creams. It was stinking hot. About two hours later than planned, Nic arrived and together we perused a little more. We came home with a significant quantity of alcohol, some confiture, and more than enough stuff to stop the plane home taking off. Great fun.
From Sarlat, we headed off to Perigeaux, looking for a place to camp. This was about 30km away, and we didn't make the best time. Turned out that everyone was leaving Paris for the holidays, and traffic was building pretty rapidly. We got to Perigeaux, and immediately turned around and headed back. Big city, lots of people, no parking, and too much agro. We finally found a place to camp for the night about half way back.
We went to bed under a spectacular night sky, ready for the final journey back to Paris. This was to be the last night in our tent. Definitely a little sad.