| The drive down to the Dordogne Valley was really a long and tiring one. We stayed overnight at a roadside relais that had a really good restaurant. The best part of traveling by car was finding these kinds of places to stay: the rooms are okay, the food is delicious, and the price is much less than we have been accustomed to paying in the cities. | 
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Each trip brings with it some regrets. Our regret from this trip is that we did not plan to spend more time than we did in Rocamadour. We read about this pilgrimage city in one of the guidebooks and decided that it was a must for us. We both enjoyed everything about Rocamadour (except for the stifling heat), but we felt that there were other parts of the Dordogne that we just had to visit. As it turned out, we really didn't enjoy the other towns as much as we had hoped we would and ended up regretting that we left Rocomadour after a visit of just a few hours. |
| We saw Rocamadour at its worst, full of tourists and hot, and we still loved it. We did, however, have one unpleasant experience there. Parking in the lower town is very limited. We drove around looking for a place, and finally someone waved us into a spot. We were really happy because it was a spot close to the main gate. When we got back to the car, we discovered that we had a parking ticket on the windshield. We had been waved into a spot reserved for tour buses. | 
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We also drove up to the city of Domme, high on a cliff overlooking the river valley below. The road up to Domme was interesting itself; it wound through the deep forest and seemed to get smaller and smaller. I think that if I return to this part of France during another part of the year, I will enjoy it a lot more. Domme seemed to have quite a bit to offer, but I was just to hot to enjoy any of it. |
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