Starting with a wonderful (as always) lunch at the "Gite D'Etape Le Toet" which sits above the lake. Cheese, Polenta and sausages in a light broth. Actually I would like to know what is in the broth because it is very good poured on the polenta. Seems to be a basic chicken or vegetable broth with onions, some herbs, and maybe, some saffron (I think this is what makes it unique). In any case the combination is really good and we like it the best of the refugio style places we lunch at. Besides the food, the view of the lake from the deck is very nice. 
Desert was great as well. I had their oustanding varient on French toast (I really don't know how they get so much butter injected into these things!) and topped with home made blueberry preserves. Queen Bee had a crepe.
Like a typical refugio, they offer sleeping quarters as well as food. They have a web site at... www.giteletoet.com
Lunch was followed by our traditional Saturday nap on the grass in a field above the lake. A few pesky bugs kept it from being as restful as some time but we were able to relax reasonably well.
Eventually we got a little restless and decided to take a walk along one of the gravel roads above the lake. The area is a mix of small working farms, hiking trails, a cluster of restaurants on one side of the lake, and some of the most awesome scenery you cane imagine.
Grassy rolling slops climbing up steep mountain faces. Late in the day the setting sun highlighted the shadows and textures in a wonderful show of natural effects. I am not really going to do justice to the scenes with words so I'll let the remaining photo's give you a glimps of this part of the world.
