tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post570308667201848415..comments2023-11-02T12:36:23.182+01:00Comments on the brain police: A Nice Daymicrodothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-6139214590528298562007-02-06T19:01:00.000+01:002007-02-06T19:01:00.000+01:00Very beautiful and rustic, Microdot.Very beautiful and rustic, Microdot.historymikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00737866671020083030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-17386370866244122592007-02-05T18:42:00.000+01:002007-02-05T18:42:00.000+01:00I live in a relatively undiscovered corner of the ...I live in a relatively undiscovered corner of the Dordogne and really on the broder of the Correze. Far enough away from major routes not to be convenient for anyone. The old abandoned farms and houses are being bought up and being restored. Some new construction, but the villages here are more concerned with keeping enough population to stay in business.<br />There is a lot of France like this and as you get into the center, the Massif Central, it gets more remote.<br />St. Robert has recieved the title of One of the Most beauttiful Villages in France. I can bike there in about 45 minutes but in the car, I can get to at least 5 other villages with the title within an houurs drive.<br />I think my Village, Badefols d'Ans is deserving of the title, but it is a real working village though practically no commerce. There is a little grocery, a restaurant, a hotel with a cafe, a saw mill and a gargage. We had a gas station, but it went out of business a few years ago. Oh yes, mysteriously enough, a couple opened a distribution for a brand of Belgian Chocolate. You can buy his products in he little shop and he serves tea and coffee and ice cream in the summer, but his business is wholesale. The fact that he is in business after 2 years and no one seems to go there makes every one gossip as to what really goes on there?microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-49812235178418727632007-02-05T18:35:00.000+01:002007-02-05T18:35:00.000+01:00Thanks for the pic. Looks idyllic.Thanks for the pic. Looks idyllic.ohdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301100314546526009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-42878418841823875332007-02-05T04:27:00.000+01:002007-02-05T04:27:00.000+01:00How wonderful to visit your area. We are snow/ice...How wonderful to visit your area. We are snow/ice-covered and -2F.<br /><br />Enjoy the weather and the grand environment.liberal_demhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759166598974062254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-22890220328729470642007-02-05T00:58:00.000+01:002007-02-05T00:58:00.000+01:00It doesn't look like you are dealing with suburban...It doesn't look like you are dealing with suburban sprawl and the rise of the mini-mansion developments. It looks amazingly unspoiled there. Is this typical of France?Village Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10299021164466991478noreply@blogger.com