Km walked: 20.6
Floors: 15
Our first day of walking began along the Aude on a Carcassone jogging path and then veered into the countryside. We walked through a few small villages and rain stopped us for lunch in Lavalette under a bus shelter.
Mural on tourist center in Lavalette.
We almost immediately began partaking of the all-you-can-eat buffet that is rural France in the Fall. On this day, it was grapes...we were surrounded by vineyards, but many had been mechanically harvested. We actually observed the harvesters picking along the rows and then dropping into giant tractor wagons for delivery to the wine processor. At any rate, these pickers miss quite a few grapes, so we ate from the bottom of the vines. We later asked people about eating these wine grapes and they said, oh no, they are not good for eating, they are for wine! Hah, they be dead wrong, they were delicious. I think those in the photo are merlot.
Laura gleaning grapes that were missed in the harvest
I must add here that when we arrived in Arzens, I was visibly limping. Twelve miles and a pack were a bit more than I’m used to.
Road sign for the pilgrimage
French Flag, Rooster, Julie and Laura on Day 1
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