In the inner courtyard and in the Chateau | Carcassonne In the inner courtyard and in the Chateau | Carcassonne In the inner courtyard and in the Chateau | Carcassonne In the inner courtyard and in the Chateau | Carcassonne Yet another goat cheese salad - yum! | Carcassonne I made another visit to St. Nazaire | Carcassonne I made another visit to St. Nazaire | Carcassonne | Carcassonne I made another visit to St. Nazaire | Carcassonne I made another visit to St. Nazaire | Carcassonne The Narbonne Gate | Carcassonne Very cool wrought-iron work | Carcassonne Enjoying the early evening light | 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 The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric The lock-keeper's hobby is found-object sculpture | Puichéric Blissful picnic | 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 We had a lovely view from the restaurant | 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 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 After dinner I took a short walk around town | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers After dinner I took a short walk around town | 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 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 Lots of fun - to get past these waterworks, we had to life our bikes over the barriers | 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 | 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 | Sète Risotto topped with scallops - double yum! | Sète The Canal Royale | Sète At the street market | Sète At the street market | Sète At the street market | Sète At the street market | Sète Our hotel | Sète Scenes from the city market | Sète Scenes from the city market | Sète Scenes from the city market | Sète Scenes from the city market | Sète Scenes from the city market | Sète Scenes from the city market | Sète Scenes from the city market | 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 ceremonial "feet in the Mediterranean" | Sète | 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 Festivities | Sète 6:30 am at the train station | Sète Beautiful shopping arcade | Bordeaux Croque Monsieur | Bordeaux Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Inside Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux Inside Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux Inside Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux Inside Cathedral St. André | Bordeaux | 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