2009 Conques- Saint-Jean- PdP Walking

.....from the window of our room, we could.....

......over the door is a tympanum, that is so impressive, as it is so simple. Just Adam, Eve, a snake and a couple of apples...

..."the chemin" winded on the floor of a romantic chasm leading north...

...and after a couple of hours, the valley widened and I saw Rocamadour....

...after hours in pouring rain I reached Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and had the most expensive "cafe au lait" ever. It was hot and worth the money...

........From Figeac there are two trails to Cahors. One follows the river Lot and the other one the river Cele....

.... My last day of just sitting around under an umbrella sipping strong french coffee. We passed Cahors and spent some time in the cloister of the cathedral.....

...it kept raining. After having crossed the Lot via the Pont Valentré, I climbed up the steepest and most slippery track sofar. Halfway up I turned around...

......than 800 years old. One of the oldest, one of the largest, but not the most tranquil one, as next to it run the trains. When the rails were built in the 19th century, the old monastry, stood in the way of that progress and was demolished. In the last moment, at least the cloister was saved...