OK ... so the grail guardian went to Domme ... I believe ... the next day, I headed out to Domme in search of ... I don't know what ... but I went looking ...
Domme is maybe the best surviving example of a fortified medieval town known as a bastide ... it was founded by Philip The Bold in 1281 ... the Knights Templar were imprisoned here after their dissolution in 1307 ....
The view of the Dordogne River from Domme is spectacular and you can understand looking down and over the valley why this location was chosen for the city ... it would be very hard to approach Domme undetected ... another place excellent for safe keeping it would appear ...
The town is a tourist trap these days but that inn itself can hide and disguise a lot ... there was a market this day .... I walked through the open air stalls looking for something ... anything ... that was just .. too ordinary ... too cute ... like E.T. in the closet .... and just like that ... there it was ... on a wine tasting table ... a picture of a man tasting wine from the barrel ... the man from Belgium ... all this on an advertisement for Vouvray ... a wine from the Loire Valley ... in the Amboise area ....
It appears it is time to move on from the Dordogne ... the woman looking after the tasting area said ... 'you wish to try' ... I said no thank you ... I asked her who the man was in the picture .... she said her grandfather ... the picture was taken in the early 1920s ... he's been dead for 70 years now .... I don't think so ...
That night after a day of grail sleuthing I was famished and parched, so for dinner ... lentil soup (cream based of course) .... lamb in phylo dough pastry with zucchini stuffed with asparagus and ground lamb ... the cheese plate of course ... and then a wafer covered with chocolate mousse and a plate decorated for the occasion ... oh yes ... Leffe Rouge and a local regional wine ....
To quote from verse 1281 of the Krome Koan .....
' ... never eat more than you can lift ... '
The G.R. Ale Hunter (aka The Night Templar)
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