Angoulême, Charente
Angoulême
Balcony of the Southwest
le Balcon du Sud-Ouest

Passing Through the Charente Region

We bid au revoir to Saint-Jean d'Angély and headed to Périgueux, stopping for lunch and a bit of sightseeing in Angoulême. This small, but impressive, city sits atop a plateau along a river. It is known for comics and images, since it has been famous for the quality of the paper produced there since the Middle Ages. It was bitterly cold, so we walked briskly in search of lunch and architecture.