Today is a detour from the main canal to la Robinette, runs to Narbonne. Will have to get back to the canal either retracing or another route tbd.
Took a nice short break from the ruts and rocks to ride through the vineyards of Minervois. Had a half bottle last evening of the rosé. Excellent.
Le Someil,a port town just before the junction. Lovely bridge and small tower.
The mornings are just so nice to bike. Plus the air in this patt of France is luminous (for the meaning ask QB).
The hotel. The best one on the trip so far. New place open less than a year with a long story about getting approval. The owner told me how, as they are from another city many roadblocks. They have put 7M euro into the place. Took them seven years. This is a special place with an apparently famous restaurant brasserie flo, well known in Paris.
First the gazpacho pictured. Notice the presentation and the multiple textures.
Luckily arrived during organ practice at the great Gothic cathedral in Narbonne. Started 1272. Excellent flying buttresses. The nave is surprisingly short but the ceiling seems especially tall. Naturally the sound resonates well. Visit to the cloister.
The city is bisected by la canal de la robine which ruins to the sea at Porte de la Narbonne.
Dinner on the canal. Soup de Poisson and sausage a la Toulouse, duck. Might have Suze (no definite article) on the table.
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