Day 21 - Monday, May 14th - Dordogne River Valley Scenic Loop

Another beautiful, sunny day in paradise.  Today we spend our day touring the beautiful countryside and several castles in the area.  Two of the castles or fortresses visited today, Beynac and Castlenaud, were built for defensive purposes.  Both had spectacular views over the area from their defensive positions on the hills.  Later in the day we visited one of the "cutest towns in France", La Roque-Gagaec, which is sculpted out of rock between the river and the cliffs.

But our photo op of the day was when we took and unexpected tour Le Chateau des Milandes, the former home of Josephine Baker.  Josephine Baker's story is amazing and one that I would like to read about in a little more detail at a later date, but the shot of the day came when we attended a bird show at the chateau and one of the birds, a Little Owl (yes, that's actually the name of it, it's a European owl) mistook Terry for its handler and landed on Terry's arm.  Terry was able to get the following picture of the owl on his arm by remaining still and taking the picture with his other hand.

Little Owl landed on Terry's arm at Chateau des Milandes.