The road took us October 10th to Narbonne, a city we had not visited before. Apart from the famous name, a couple of things intrigued and attracted us: 1) the historical museum has (bits of) Roman paintings said to be of high quality and 2) the cathedral is the third highest of all Gothic cathedrals, behind only Beauvais and Amiens. Both claims are somewhat exaggerated, but we found Narbonne to be a beautiful and welcoming place, and we stayed two days.
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Just outside the old city, just before the aire-de-camping-cars;
a billboard, no less, regular size; where else in the world would
you see something like this? where else in the world do they
require philosophy 101 for high school graduation? where else
does the entire nation wait to debate the annual high school
philosophy examination questions? where else are there
philosophy magazines at the Presses? |
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Narbonne's aire; a bit pricey, but they provide electricity and
free bus transportation all around town; and there is a most
wonderful shopping area nearby and a Carrefour that nearly
changed our long-standing travel plans |
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| In the old town, the old market hall; beautiful art nouveau |
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| The Canal de la Robline |
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The Palace of Archives; former bishoprical
palace, I imagine; within is the archaeological
museum we sought |
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| Thus |
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The Via Domitius passes through Narbonne,
en route to Spain; includes many restaurants |
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| The pizza is hers, the moules et frites for me |
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| Beautiful old A-N building, now the Monoprix |
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| Detail |
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| A bit of the Via Domitius in the city square |
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| Street scene |
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| On the quai/canal again |
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| Marche from other side of canal |
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It was here we started commenting on the Mediterranean
light; but I think it was just the season and time of day |
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| More to come |
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When Cara got engaged, Wes and I met her and David in Narbonne at the train station. We had never been there before, so we drove down a few hours early so we could see the town. We really enjoyed it.
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