On To Cahors

Because of our extended stay in Sarlat, we had to book a new apartment in Cahors, in the Lot Valley, a base of operations for that region, an hour's drive south of Sarlat. Vicki did quite well under the circumstances, finding an updated two-bedroom unit in a 17th century building, a block or so from the cathedral and market square. We didn't realize how close-in it was until, unloading the car, I had to move it to make way for the tourist train! It was not our first visit to Cahors, a place we very much like, for its age, ambience, and Malbec wine. This is the Old World Malbec, full-bodied, complex and savory. (But I also like the more common New World version, more fruity, which I sampled extensively in Argentina a few years back). In any case, our previous visit to Cahors was in 2013: https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/05/six-flags-over-cahors.html and https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/05/cahors-pont-valentre.html.

Tourist train passing by our building on Rue de
Chateau de Roi; actually a pedestrianized street

We were on the first (European) floor

The staircase looked its apparent age

But the appart was quite nice and roomy

Main bedroom

Yours truly, blogging

The street was hung with touristic banners

Except for tourists and trains occasionally ambling
by, it was a very quiet place

The quiet was nice, but the corollary was that we
had to park the car a couple blocks away, on the river,
in a public lot, free, but a hassle; pretty typical of
these historic center rentals, we've found

Main entry

Basis for claiming the thing is 17th century; compare

a similar photo from 2013 (see above)

Helpful map; Cahors hangs into a U-turn of the
river Lot

Thus; we are at the extreme right, a block or two from the 
cathedral and market and the river