The weather forecast called for rain in our hometown in Quillan France. Since I just recently added a second day off each week, I couldn’t stand the idea of sitting at home watching the rain fall.
Instead, I searched the weather app and saw that the rain was avoiding the area east of us. We planned to visit the city Narbonne and a vineyard nearby, along with our friend Derrick.
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| The Cathedral St. Just et Saint Pasteur |
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Inside the Cathedral, a beam of light from a stained-glass window illuminated me.
I did not ascend or have any visions, however. Perhaps it was just International Women's Day. |
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| The church had some amazing gargoyles. Many of them weren't in the sun so didn't photograph well. |
Narbonne has a canal running through it and a number of restaurants were open for "to-go" food. We ordered and carried our food to a wall along the canal. A number of young people were eating their lunch along the canal too. It was nice to have a meal out because the restaurants in France have been closed since October 30th.
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| A cool bridge with houses on it in the background. |
After Narbonne, we went on a bit of a wild goose chase to find a winery that we have enjoyed some bottles of red from. Gerard Bertrand. The winery has a red called Tautavel, which is a town south of here, and we went to do some tasting.
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This golden orange wine is new for them. It can replace a rosé, but didn't
impress me too much. I'm not much of a rosé fan.
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We did a degustation, a wine tasting. The young man who was in charge of it was from Belfast, Ireland, but had majored in French in college. We tasted seven wines as he explained each one. Pinot noir, syrah, grenache. We bought four bottles, but agreed that the Tautavel wine we have found in grocery stores for 5 or 6 euros, which isn't available at the winery, was actually better. Luckily, my friend Derrick purchased a case of those yesterday and he was willing to share.
Afterward, we headed to the beach -- Narbonne Plage.
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| The wind and curly hair, say no more. |
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| The sun shone on us for awhile |
We bought some crepes from a stand, and unfortunately, when I went to sit on the wall at the beach, mine flew into the sand. I didn't need a crepe anyway.
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| Earl with his coffee and crepe that did not blow away. Crème de marron - chestnut, ick. |
What a lovely day out exploring France.
2 comments:
Your life is like a travelogue, Paulita! Good for you following the sun for your excursion. Your husband looks happy that you are taking a second day off each week. Too bad his crepe filling was not one you wanted to share...but was that his plan all along? :-)
I love going along on your French adventures! Thank you again for sharing : )
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