Mooning around the Mediterranean

[drron29]

 

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Now passing the former cathedral.

 

[dawntrdr]

What a fabulous church!  With those windows, the inside must be stunning.

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Finally descending from the ramparts.

 

And now entering the church. First time I have seen an admission of cult status by a church.

 

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More of the church interior.

 

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The last of the church.

 

And now just wandering the narrow streets.

 

A nice patisserie.

 

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I now had to find a place for lunch with a price cap of 20.5 Euro. Found a place with a 3 course lunch for 16.5 E. Now several restaurants had a 3 course lunch for under 20 E but often the first course was duck gizzard salad,duck heart salad,black sausage salad or a warm goat's cheese salad. This place at least had a French onion soup. I didn't hold much hope that the starter and dessert would be good so I wasn't disappointed. But it was a cold day and I felt a cassoulet would be good. Fortunately here is was hearty and nice.

 

[drron29]

I had decided the place was very much just a tourist trap. I still had a couple of hours to while away so I decided to walk down to the village in the valley. I had hoped to find a place with something nice to spend my 4 euro on. Sadly it was not to be as most places were closed and those open had prices the same as on the top of the hill.

I left by the back door -the Aude gate. So called because at the bottom was the Aude river.

 

[Stumblefoot]

How did you settle on €20.50?

[drron29]

A lovely old village church on reaching the village. Unfortunately locked up. Some history.

 

The village was very quiet.

 

 

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A stroll down to the river.

 

The school with a great view.

 

A nice little park with spring flowers.

 

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And a scenic river Aude.

 

Then time to head for the castle.

 

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It actually was a lot quicker than I thought it would be so did go back inside.

 

And was lucky to find no one on the drawbridge.

 

And I found a place that was possibly the cheapest place to eat so I treated myself to a crepe with sugar and lemon which has always been a favourite of mine. It only cost 2.5 euros and had table service with a smile in a pleasant little courtyard.

 

 

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And this was the place with their price lists.

 

Back outside past the market.

 

Still had 30 minutes until the bus was leaving so looked around the cemetery.

 

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Now I was on bus number 1 out of 4. However the order of leaving Carcassone was 4,3,2,1. I was hoping I would get back to the ship for trivia at 4.45pm and it was now 3 pm.

A couple of views first the memorial to the soldiers of the local people in the 13th century when they were invaded by the French Army on the orders of the Pope. The French won.

 

Next Narbonne and it's cathedral..

 

[drron29]

More from the bus.

 

La canal de Midi.

 

Another ferry arrives.

 

Another is alongside.

 

But I arrived for trivia 1 minute before we started. Shared first place even though we scored 18.5 points and were the only team to get 2 questions right.

And the port.

 

The Moon had to leave Sete early as the Port Authorities had booked another ship into the berth 4 hours before the Moon's scheduled departure.

 

[Mr Luxury]

I'm exhausted,

I need a picture of a large Brandy.

Edited April 12, 2023 by Mr Luxury

[jpalbny]

6 hours ago, Stumblefoot said:

How did you settle on €20.50?

 

He was low on cash; only had €30 when he started then spent €9.50 on the ramparts walk. Ron, you need to talk with Ann about a bigger allowance!

Edited April 12, 2023 by jpalbny

[Daveywavey70]

27 minutes ago, Mr Luxury said:

I'm exhausted,

I need a picture of a large Brandy.

Will Armagnac do, it’s all I had to hand. 😁

[rojaan19]

14 hours ago, jpalbny said:

 

He was low on cash; only had €30 when he started then spent €9.50 on the ramparts walk. Ron, you need to talk with Ann about a bigger allowance!

HA HA  jp !   I have a sore hip at the moment,  so have  limited my excursions,  this is why he is getting into trouble 🙄  he forgets to take  cash !!

[drron29]

Dinner in Atlantide again.

 

For starters Rojaan had the mushroom and cheese turnover and I the red prawns. Both enjoyable.

 

 

I had the Tomato soup. Brilliant as usual.

Rojaan went with the Italian veal chop. Couldn't finish it but it was lovely. And I went with the lamb Rogan Josh and it was just as requested -extra spicy. Really good.

 

We passed on desserts.

Back in the room they had changed our orchid.

 

[Mr Luxury]

16 hours ago, Daveywavey70 said:

Will Armagnac do, it’s all I had to hand. 😁

Thanks for warming the glass.

It went down a treat

[Stumblefoot]

6 hours ago, rojaan19 said:

I have a sore hip at the moment…

Better than a broken arm! 😉

[drron29]

Next morning steaming in to Marseille.