Well, time goes fast when you are having fun. We are now in our second gite and just on the outskirts of the small hill bastide of Cordes-sur Ciel (Cordes in the sky). Cordes was established in the 1220’s by the Count of Toulouse and as a refuge from Catholic persecution of so called heretics. As a tax free town, it rapidly grew and gained an artistic tradition which it still has today. Sometime well before the industrial revolution, when France developed its canal system, the world passed by Cordes and it slowly faded away until re-discovered by the numerous artists who fill the place with tourists, at least for the summer.
When we were last here in 2007, we were a bit smitten by Cordes and we liked its proximity to Albi. We still like the place but only to visit and you would rapidly lose interest in walking up into a medieval home with the midday baguette each day. Today we enjoyed the end of an annual feast day in Cordes, the giant apple tart cooked sur place was terrific. But at the end of the day we were pleased to be on flatter ground enjoying another late afternoon, reading newspapers in the shade of the obligatory large tree in our gite’s garden. And, as for eating, we had the proceeds from the great market at St Antonin Noble Val, a small but pretty town on the nearby Aveyron River: chicken, saucisson, tomatoes, figs, cheese, greens and baguette.
When we were last here in 2007, we were a bit smitten by Cordes and we liked its proximity to Albi. We still like the place but only to visit and you would rapidly lose interest in walking up into a medieval home with the midday baguette each day. Today we enjoyed the end of an annual feast day in Cordes, the giant apple tart cooked sur place was terrific. But at the end of the day we were pleased to be on flatter ground enjoying another late afternoon, reading newspapers in the shade of the obligatory large tree in our gite’s garden. And, as for eating, we had the proceeds from the great market at St Antonin Noble Val, a small but pretty town on the nearby Aveyron River: chicken, saucisson, tomatoes, figs, cheese, greens and baguette.
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