2017-09-29 Condom - Eauze (39/572 km)

Crossing the river in Condom in the morning

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A quiet morning while I passed the river on my way out of the city. Lately there has almost always been a morning mist that makes it easier to walk and more beautiful.

Passed an old medieval bridge that had been renovated quite lately.



A lunchtime I reached the city/village Montreal-de-gents under the eyes of Our Lady. Seemed to be a good place. I found a new pizza place and could have my lunch as I wanted. Passed over the square where the had a small market under the arcs.

Sometimes mornings are beautiful

A just restored medieval bridge 

Our Lady checking what I should do in Montreal

A fuzzy (sorry) vegetable market in Montreal 

More reservoir-lakes, this one was fine

This a farming land where they need water also when it's not raining enough. So you will find dams/reservoirs quite often. This year and maybe this time of the year the were often a a low leve but I'll guess they will fill during a normal winter.

Mid way between Montreal and Eauze I passed "La Casa d'Elena" a gite but als a place where you could buy refreshments and maybe eat. I had a lemonade. I needed that. They had a sitting place where you could see the distances to various places. And also a museum of some sort with things of all types reminding about pilgrims this way.

Casa d'Elena know how far it is to wherever

The museum at Casa d'Elena

I did not stop since I wanted to go on. I did continue along an old railway bank that lasted for 5 - 6 km. A very good walk in the heat of the day. Not hilly, with shadow and direct to the entry of Eauze.

I had a couple behind me while I walked ad I did not pay very much attention to that but a little later the should be crucial. I got into Eauze and was looking for signs of a git to stay in. Well at the cathedral and after a short visit there I saw the signs of a gite but not the gite itself. Then I stumbled over the pair again that was searching to their that had been reserved in advance. After a while we found it on a small back street. The spoke very little English but sufficient for me to understand. They phoned the owner since the Gite was locked and we could get in. It proved that we were the only guests. So I got a good place. Later that night while I was eating at an outside restaurant by the cathedral the man in the pair came up to me and told me how to pay. How - that is a secret between him and me.

Un día con encuentros. Creo que es el más interesante con todos esto encuentros. Con gentes de varias situaciones de la vida. Este chemin/camino solo ha contribuido con encuentros cortos. Pero encuentros que reflejar sus situaciones en un medio ambiente muy especial. Paseaba  "La casa d'Elena" como una expresión de la relacion entere un ambiente activo y los pereginos. También tuve un encuentro inesperado con dos persona que me ayudaron trovar un albergue bueno.