To give you an idea of the countryside, here are some views from a hillside above La Feuillade, just west of Brive-la-Gaillarde on the eastern edge of the Dordogne.

		Looking north from a high hill you get the panorama of farms and villages. This was higher than it looks, about 350 feet above the village below.
		A vineyard was carved out of the woods on top of one hill, and dairy cows were grazing behind us.

Further south we were in the area of the Périgord, famous for such delicacies as Paté de Foie Gras (Goose Liver paste) and truffles. As soon as Marie came closer in an attempt to take individual portraits of this barnyard nobility, they put up such a racket that we feared the farmer would come bursting out with a shotgun! We took off.

		This dry stone wall is typical of those bordering the road in this area. This stone barn caught our eye also.
	Many crossroads have crucifixes such as this one. While not as elaborate as those in Brittany they still speak of the depth of religious feeling in rural France.