France, August 2009

I arrived in France on August 12, 2009, where I went to Valence to stay with Sylvie. On the 13th, I borrowed Sylvie's car and drove to Gorges de l'Ardeche (the A-F loop on the route map below). On the 15th, Sylvie and I packed up and headed out for an eight day tour of southwest France.

This is a rough view of our route: it's missing an indicator for Abbaye Fontfroide after Narbonne, and the route from Albi to Roquefort-sur-Soulzon would have been more southerly than is indicated, but it gives you a pretty good idea of where we went.

(A/F) Valence (B) Vallon Pont d'Arc and Gorges de l'Ardeche (A/F) Valence (G) Narbonne Abbaye Fontfroide (not shown) (H) Peyrepertuse (Cathar Castle) (I) Cucugnan (J) Queribus (Cathar Castle) (K) Gorges de Galamus (L) Rennes-les-Bains (M) Carcassonne (N) Minerve (O) Albi (P) Millau Viaduct (Q) Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (home of the cheese) (R) Millau (S) Gorges du Tarn (T) Le-Puy-en-Velay (U) Lyon

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Abbaye Fontfroide, Aude