Our first stop was at a nature reserve where it was possible to see a variety of birds, including pink flamingos. What a disappointment. We walked and walked, seeing lots and lots of dragonflies, to end up at a blind full of spider webs. Not an interesting bird in sight! We could see about a km away a white dot- probably a swan. We also saw 2 mallards. Really? So we walked back. I did get to see an owl eye to eye- so not a complete loss I guess...We continued to our next stop: Sète. It’s like the Venise of France!
Beautiful place. We made our way up Mont St. Claire. We had to go up a long, steep hill and probably 300+stairs. From the top, the view was magnificent! The Mediterranean sea never disappoints! We had ice cream and started making our way back down. I counted 350 steps (came up a different way so not sure of step count), down a big ass hill and made it in one piece. Off we went to get to our destination: Cascassonne- a medieval city.
After going in circles for 30 minutes, we found a parking spot. Do you see a theme with driving here? 🙄. Our hotel is just outside of the walled city. From the third floor you can see the whole thing. Wow! It’s just like on television! Hard to believe that almost 1000 years ago people lived there- a very different life! I would like to know how much of the place is actually “real”... like Machu Piccu, there was massive renovations done to this place... it’s still extremely cool to see.
We spent a few hours walking around inside the walls. The Basilica is stunning. How such beauty exists is beyond my understanding. Rémi had cassoulet for dinner. It’s beans with pork and sausage. I had chicken. There was no butter for the bread (who eats bread without butter?) and no vinegar - they didn’t know what white vinegar was... what? Let’s just say I am not made for French gastronomie 😂
Tomorrow morning, we plan on doing a short run and visit the actual castle which we missed today.
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