Montpellier at night.
Garden at Fontfroide Abbey
Ferret walking!
CarcasonneTony and I visited Frontfroide Abbey and Carcasson. Both are quite close to Narbonne which is a pretty reasonable drive on the freeway. The only problem was that we had some problems finding Fontfroide as it can’t be located by the TomTom GPS and signage for it wasn’t very noticeable. Eventually we did find it and took the guided tour (in French) which was the only option. Again, as I’ve experienced a number of times now, the guide went “on and on” which even seemed to bore the French speakers. It is like so many others, an old abbey, but this one is very restored so it is worth seeing. The gardens are also very lovely.
We had lunch in the restaurant at the Abbey which is very nice. I remember many years ago, on our first trip to the western part of the South of France, that John and I had lunch in this same restaurant. That seems so very long ago now.
Since Tony really wanted to go to Carcasonne I agreed to go. It is not my favorite thing to do here as it is so over crowded with tourists and souvenir shops. I must admit that it is very impressive to see such a large medieval city restored to its full size and scope but yikes……. So many people and general crap. One interesting thing we saw was a young couple walking their ferrets. Such bizarre pets. One thing that was noticeable was that the male owner looked like a ferret himself. Unfortunately my picture trying to capture this likeness didn’t turn out.
Marianne Lindgren arrived by train in Montpellier so we drove there and picked her up. We had dinner in the large plaza there and enjoyed people watching and all the activity.
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