Our original plan had been to complete our walk in Albi, so though we cut a few days out of the last week, we still wanted to finish in Albi, a 30 minute bus ride from Cordes to Albi.
It was strange to wake up to a day that was neither a hiking day, nor a rest day between hiking days. This was it. Of course excited to eventually reunite with our clean (non-hiking) clothes stored in Lyon for a month - though this was still 3 days away - we still felt funny, knowing that the simplicity and tranquillity that accompanied us on our daily hikes would soon be no more.
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| We'll see the rest of our luggage soon.... |
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| Leaving deserted Cordes on a Saturday morning. |
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| A last look back up at Cordes |
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| On the road to Albi (by bus...) |
Albi is a beautiful red-hued town on the banks of the Tarn river, known for its imposing cathedral (begun in 1287) as well as a museum dedicated to Toulouse-Lautrec (born in Albi in 1864). It is small enough as a great transition between rural France and our foray back into civilization in Lyon.
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| Albi's cathedral. Still walking...but not hiking. |
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| Albi on the Tarn |
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