Vezere Valley

On our second day with the red Citroen beast of a car, we ventured east this time, into the heart of the Vezere Valley. This region of France is best known for its grottos and prehistoric artifacts. The mountain grottos here have carvings and paintings in the caves that date back to 30,000 BC. Now that’s old school…
One of these grottos was actually found in 1940, by some kids looking for their dog believe it or not, and the paintings are so diverse that Picasso commented after seeing them that; ” we haven’t created anything like this’. So, with all this in mind, we drove the red rocket through dense woods to find this grotto. Upon arrival, we saw an opening, darkness, and two white vans there in the parking lot. Fair to say we didn’t feel like being in the next Silence of the Lambs, so we bolted. Seriously, this is one of the major pitfalls of travelling in the winter, a lot of stuff is closed! Nevertheless, we found the National Museum of Prehistoric History. This place is something Ross from ‘Friends’ would really love, full of bones and rocks from 20,000 years ago. To see the bones of mammoths, cave bears and cave lions were very cool.