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Monthly Archives: June 2011
On the cherry trail to Ceret
It was a very warm day as we headed off south via Limoux on our way to Ceret – cherry capital of France in the foothills of the Eastern Pyrenees – and having become quite addicted to them we were … Continue reading
Boating and biking the Canal du Midi
Apart from going to the Old Cité, the other thing I’d been looking forward to was a Canal du Midi ‘experience’. It’s 240km long running from Sete on the Mediterranean coast right through to Toulouse where it joins the Garonne … Continue reading
Carcassonne and Cathars
There is sooo much written about Carcassonne!? So much history… the old cité remains recognisable in old paintings… Evidence has been found of Neolithic settlement 3500 years ago, but the period of the city’s history that seems to capture everyone’s … Continue reading
Leaving the gorges for the Millau viaduct
The next day, gorged to the max, we actually made an early (for us anyway) start to the day and headed off south-west for Carcassonne. We’d come from the depths of the gorge with its monstrous cliffs, stopping briefly at … Continue reading
Crocodiles, palms and rollerblades
Nîmes goes way back with its history. A Celtic tribe (like Arles) settled around a spring there, liked it so much they made it a deity, and more or less welcomed the Roman armies when they arrived – thought more … Continue reading