10May

20150510 081050 10 May -we awake in a B&B in Montferrier 20150510 081135 with a spacious bathroom.. 20150510 081152 with the obligatory busts. 20150510 081232 The whole house was very decorated.
20150510 082023 Sunlight breakfast 20150510 082112 Excellent croissants 20150510 082915 Enjoying the paper... 20150510 083058 with excellent coffee.
20150510 101231 We drove east IMG 1267 Flowers at the first pass IMG 1268 Flowers IMG 1269 Strange flowers
IMG 1271 Pink flowers 20150510 111453 in the Gorges IMG 1272 This was nothing compared to later in the day IMG 1273 Poppies on the roadside
IMG 1274 Poppies IMG 1275 Poppies IMG 1277 Capsules in the making IMG 1278 Dry countryside of Languedoc
IMG 1280 First Chateau Cathare 20150510 125126 Is this where we came in 1981? 20150510 125147 Hiking up to see 20150510 125448 Christine entering
20150510 125503 le Chateau de Quéribus 20150510 125546 Looking west 20150510 125623 Looking south to Canigou IMG 1281 This has been restored it seems
IMG 1283 Dueling... 20150510 125854 cameras 20150510 125816 How we got here IMG 1284 Doorway
IMG 1285 with person 20150510 130244 More openings IMG 1286 Wall gap 20150510 130309 The donjon clearly looks in better shape
IMG 1287 Upward IMG 1288 All you need to know IMG 1289 A wilderness of arches IMG 1293 Arches
IMG 1292 Windows from the inside 20150510 130918 Higher up 20150510 131305 Roof top terrace 20150510 131325 Framing
20150510 131804 Botany 20150510 131941 Christine IMG 1294 Unlikely walls 20150510 132027 View from above
20150510 132052 Vertical garden IMG 1296 Details on restoration IMG 1297 Histroy lesson 20150510 132657 Map of local Chateaux
IMG 1298 Quéribus was not the place we remember IMG 1299 Should know the name... IMG 1303 This is looking more familar 20150510 142036 I don't remember such an entrance
IMG 1307 but this fits my memory 20150510 142911 Walking to the ruins 20150510 143404 Madame 20150510 143406 Madame again
20150510 143446 It is a long installation 20150510 143952 At the east end 20150510 144027 The view down through the old privy 20150510 144144 Moving into the next section
IMG 1308 Studying the plan IMG 1309 Nicely restored 20150510 145031 Multi-purpose room 20150510 145133 Looking to the center
IMG 1310 ON the trail to the western end 20150510 145301 Climb... 20150510 145304 A little more... 20150510 145310 Turn...
20150510 145311 and pose. 20150510 145419 Looking down the steps 20150510 145550 More steps 20150510 145552 They keep going
20150510 145556 Pausing on her way 20150510 145631 Roaming the western end of the chateau 20150510 145640 A great place to pose apparently 20150510 145752 The crags beyond the walls
20150510 145831 Lightning must indeed be an issue here 20150510 150617 The upper rooms 20150510 150336 From the highest point.. 20150510 150357 more posing...
20150510 150431 and a view down on the rest of the chateau. 20150510 150436 Village down to the east 20150510 150835 Starting down, 20150510 145820 Passing down the next level.
20150510 150904 Back down the stairs 20150510 152955 Back across the parking lot... 20150510 153221 to our parking-lot picnic 20150510 153227 It was excellent!
IMG 1319 Next stop: les Gorges de Galamus IMG 1320 This fits perfectly what I remembered IMG 1322 A very deep gorge IMG 1323 that got deeper and deeper
IMG 1324 with the road chiseled into the cliffs IMG 1326 a tunnel missing one side IMG 1328 Not a wide road IMG 1329 The coast is clear!
20150510 164838 A hermitage down in the gorge 20150510 190438 After looking for salad everywhere for 100kms... 20150510 190637 we found it right here in our little town!