Following our visit to Rennes-Le-Chateau and our winding way to and through the Gorges de Galamus we eventually ended up taking a late lunch in Estagel. I have memories of eating a delicious tuna salad sitting opposite this clock tower and watching the world go by.
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Architecture 100 :: 26 – Estagel
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2012
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Architecture 100 :: 25 – The Galamus Hermitage
The journey through the gorges opened up into a large car-park, which was quite a relief after the narrow road. From that viewpoint you can see the quaint hermitage built into the rocky outcrop.
Since the seventh century, the natural grottes of Galamus, ” the holy mount “, have become
a refuge for the hermits . [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2012
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Gorges de Galamus
As I said in a previous post, I didn’t manage to take many photos of the Gorges:
We then made our way to another very very narrow road that took us through the Gorges de Galamus which was also very spectacular. I didn’t get any photos going through because in ‘that car‘ it [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2012
The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.
Bhagavad Gita (5th Century BC)
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2012
We are now in the small village that I mentioned in a previous post:
On one very narrow turn a man came out of his house. I think he was going to assist to make sure his house didn’t get hit, I noticed there were some bumps and scrapes on the house opposite!! The corner was [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2012
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Road to Gorges de Galamus
We are now back on my holiday trail…
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2012
