From Chevanceaux we decided to take a long detour and visit the village of Brantome in the Perigord region on the recommendation of several friends.
Brantome is on the banks of the River Dronne and is known as the Venice of Perigord. The feature of the village is the beautiful Benedictine abbey.
The village is a tourist destination and has many shops and restaurants to visit.
I loved the hams hanging the in their red bags inside this little shop.
Water surrounds a very small island on which the village is located. Very pretty indeed.
From Brantome we drove down to our next destination near St Emilion in the Gironde region. We are very much looking forward to exploring this area over the coming week. It is primarily a wine producing region and about 50 km from Bordeaux.
Too our delight we are now staying in Gite le Lys in a gorgeous vineyard just out of St Emilion. It is just beautiful!
The garden and vineyard, which comes right to our door, is so beautiful. It really doesn’t get much better than this.
Margaret River & Beyond 
It looks just fabulous Kerry..and Jim! Enjoy your whole week in this gorgeous area of France.
We are really pleased with our gite and are looking forward to exploring here.
The area looks stunning. Where do you find your beautiful accommodation? Not as exciting as France but we leave tomorrow to see Jack and Alex in Sydney. So looking forward to it.
Hi Rob. Safe travels. We did a lot of research on French gites through various websites and then made our bookings either direct with the owners or on Booking.com and Stayz. We prefer to stay out in the countryside so gites are perfect for us. x
Looks like a beautiful location. Can picture you both sitting in the afternoon sun with a glass of red and some fresh cheese looking out across the vines.
Yes that sounds just like our afternoon routine.
Gorgeous! Enjoy. xx
This is a beautiful part of France.
You won’t want to come home. Looks fantastic.
Oh yes, our six weeks is flying by.