We have some rain over the past week, 2.6” in one day. With all the clouds and intermittent sun, we’ve read a lot. I did some touch up painting, and we’re starting the process of getting ready to fly back to Arizona in two weeks. We are soaking in the little things that we enjoy in Lectoure, and spending time with friends. The sky was magnificent just before the sun came over the horizon this morning.
We went to Agen on Sunday for lunch at a Michelin recommended restaurant. We are less likely to recommend it. The food was creative but their preset menu didn’t quite go together for us. After lunch, we walked to Agen’s Cathedral, Cathédrale Saint-Caprais, built in the 12th century, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. We had been there before and we were humbled by it all over again.
We walked to two other churches, and the remains of ancient Saint Hilaire, built in the 9th and 10th century, and later burned. The new Église Saint Hilaire was built in the 14th century, just a block away.
On Thursday, we met Caroline and Glyn at La Bastide Restaurant, in Cauzabon, about an hour and fifteen minutes west of Lectoure. Lunch was delicious and we talked until 3:00, always a lot to chat about!
After lunch, we drove about 20 minutes south to the village of Panjas, to see Église Saint-Laurent, built in the 11th century. The choir is Romanesque with murals dating from the 11th-13th centuries. The back part of the eglise is Gothic, likely in the 15th century. The murals were freshened in the late 1800's. They are absolutely incredible! I arranged our visit with the eglise caretaker, so we were the only visitors.
