In the inner courtyard and in the Chateau | Carcassonne
Yet another goat cheese salad - yum! | Carcassonne
I made another visit to St. Nazaire | Carcassonne
| Carcassonne
The Narbonne Gate | Carcassonne
Very cool wrought-iron work | Carcassonne
Enjoying the early evening light | Carcassonne
My terrine de volaille was very tasty | Carcassonne
A neighboring table had a visitor | Carcassonne
| Villalier
| Trèbes
Could it get more picturesque?? | Trèbes
| Marseillette
We stopped for melon and tomatoes | Marseillette
The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric
Blissful picnic | Puichéric
| Puichéric
The cobblestones on these bridges were so rough I had to walk my bike across | La Redorte
The trail went right through this spillway, and yes, I walked my bike across very carefully | La Redorte
| La Redorte
Cold water for sale, yippee! | Azille
| Homps
Another candidate for "Houseboat of the Year"? | Argens-Minervois
Vera decided it really was too rough to ride across | Paraza
Lovely little Le Somail | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
We had a lovely view from the restaurant | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
Stuffed chicken breast over fresh vegetable salad - delicious | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
Vera's cheese pastries, salad and tomato salsa | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
My fish was devine! | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
Main course | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
Extremely perfect lemon meringue tart with lemon sorbet | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
This canal boat served as a grocery store | Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude
This stretch looks somewhat smooth, but kept having to avoid holes and puddles | Argeliers
| Argeliers
Sign number two... | Quarante
A brief rest stop | Capestang
Approach to the tunnel | Colombiers
The famous 9-step lock | Béziers
Cathedrale St. Nazaire | Béziers
Yet another brige over a river, this time the Orb | Béziers
The first official green bike route sign we'd seen since leaving Toulouse | Béziers
Fantastic tile | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
The pizzeria was run by two women | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
The view from my seat | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
After dinner I took a short walk around town | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
Unfortunately we didn't take pictures before we trashed the room | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
There were so many other choices, we didn't even touch the baguette | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
Original 18th century ceilings in the hallway | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
Another lovely stretch of trail - and now sand really came into the picture | Vias
Lots of fun - to get past these waterworks, we had to life our bikes over the barriers | Vias
Almost a traffic jam | Agde
My bags were a little bit dusty | Adge
Oh, fun... | Agde
More lovely trail | Agde
This was fun! | Agde
| Agde
To the left the canal, to the right the Etang de Thau | Marseillan
| Marseillan
Distance covered (in KM) August 6th-18th | Marseillan
My cockpit | Marseillan
We've reached the Mediterranean! | Marseillan
Immediately outside our hotel | Sète
| Sète
My gorgonzola salad | Sète
Risotto topped with scallops - double yum! | Sète
The Canal Royale | Sète
At the street market | Sète
Our hotel | Sète
Scenes from the city market | Sète
A nut vending machine? | Sète
This was the sight of the evening competitions | Sète
The name says it all | Sète
The ceremonial "feet in the Mediterranean" | Sète
The inner harbor | Sète
Yes, we were there during the festival | Sète
My loup de mer | Sète
Vera had a craving for moules | Sète
This is the very last stretch of the Canal du Midi | Sète
Festivities | Sète
6:30 am at the train station | Sète
Beautiful shopping arcade | Bordeaux
Croque Monsieur | Bordeaux
Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux
| Bordeaux
Inside Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux
This paté was very tasty | Bordeaux
Vera's make-it-yourself steak tartare | Bordeaux
My chicken was juicy and delicious | Bordeaux
Place de la Bourse | Bordeaux
Ready for the very last leg | Bordeaux
Naturally we had to stop and take pictures | Paris
Joyride through Paris | Paris
Heading home | Paris
Back home, now all we had to do was carry everything down and up stairs one last time | Augsburg
