15 November

IMG 0185 15 November: the Sunday market in Beaucaire DSCN5202 Sétoise refers the town of Sète just to the south IMG 0184 Paella in the making IMG 0187 Vegetable stands and café tables
DSCN5203 Fruits DSCN5204 More fruits DSCN5206 I just learned that persimmons are "kakis" in French DSCN5207 The second part of the market
DSCN5208 Tangerines IMG 0188 pig parts IMG 0189 parts of pigs rendered further IMG 0196 Inside the neighborhood church
DSCN5210 A huge organ dominates the interior IMG 0197 It took more than a century to resolve a dispute about its functioning IMG 0198 Hanging out at a café, an act of resistance these days DSCN5213 Our view from the café onto La Place de la République
DSCN5214 Le tricouleur, but not at half mast, above the chateau DSCN5215 The arena were the locals engage in a very different kind of bullfighting than in Spain (the bulls survive). DSCN5216 An Osage Orange DSCN5217 A street in old town Beaucaire
DSCN5218 Setting out in the afternoon on a long walk DSCN5219 along the banks of the Rhône IMG 0206 Jeff on his bicycle, the rest of us on foot DSCN5221 to visist a troglodyte abbaye (Abbaye de Saint Romain)
IMG 0217 It was excavated from a hilltop DSCN5222 Jeff trying out the prelate's seat DSCN5225 Christine and Faerthen looking down into the underground space. DSCN5226 The underground volume
IMG 0223 The above ground surface was dominated by sarcaphagi DSCN5228 Cemetery with a view of the Rhône DSCN5227 There were SO many is was kind of creepy IMG 0226 Who would want all these cadavers around, stashed in holes carved from the rock?
DSCN5230 Jeff checking them out IMG 0227 getting fitted DSCN5229 Wall detail DSCN5233 Leaving the surface again
DSCN5236 Inside/underground DSCN5237 Christine... IMG 0230 and how it happened DSCN5239 The rock looked almost like salt
DSCN5240 Large volumes which previously were separated by floors/ceilings IMG 0231 Arches DSCN5241 Leaving the excavated volume DSCN5242 Vault
DSCN5243 Detail DSCN5244 The summit of the knoll DSCN5245 Much like Saumane de Vaucluse DSCN5246 Now inside and below where we were before
DSCN5247 Where Christine had her photo taken DSCN5248 The eroded circumference of the knoll DSCN5250 The drawbridge entrance DSCN5251 On our way back