I rented a car and drove to the medieval city of Sarlat ... in the Dordogne region of France ... site of the 100 Years War and the cradle of modern civilization ... it was here Cro Magnon man dwelled and it was most likely here that homo sapiens first appeared ....
The reason I chose this area to pick up the grail trail ... with no clues ... and yes, there is a lot of truth in that statement ... is really quite simple ... this is the former land of Eleanor of Aquitaine ... (whose husband was Henry II of England) ... Eleanor's daughter was Marie de Champagne ... it was part of her court and sponsorship that Chretien des Troyes wrote the Arthurian legends of Lancelot, Camelot and the Holy Grail ... Henry II's son was Richard the Lion Heart ... he of crusade fame ... of of course Knight Templar/Grail association as well ...
There are many who argue that the Holy Grail's natural home is this area of France ... so it is here I have come to look ... the first stop will be the cave dwellings of Cro Magnon man ... I know what I am looking for there .. not sure if I can find it ...
I am staying at a former 13th century hunting lodge ... where Eleanor's progenitors used to hunt (read 'drink and party') ... it is now a small country resort called L'Hoirie ... if they ate like I ate here last night ... they did not move quickly the next day ... no .. not at all ...
Let's see .. .it started off with an appetizer plate ... followed by a fois gras plate ... with some warm bread and wine ... followed by potatoes salardais and confit du canard ... followed by a cheese plate ... followed by a phylo wrapped/baked custard thingy ... nobody said grail hunting was easy ... more soon ... uh ... maybe less soon ..
To quote from 1451 of the Krome Koan ....
' ... are you suggesting coconuts migrate ....
The G.R. Ale Hunter (aka The Night Templar)
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