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Cahors to Albi

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I drove from Cahors to the town of St-Antonin-Noble Val.  The picture is of a rare Romanesque house in the center of town.

I crossed the Averyon River and followed it to the southeast.  I stopped briefly in the little village of Milhars because of a road sign.  The village appeared to have only a few inhabitants, but the stone village gate and the ruins of the old castle could still be seen. 

My next stop was the picturesque (if touristy) village of Cordes-sur-Ciel.  It was not the season, so few people were about, and some of the shops were closed or being renovated.  The picture is of the entrance to the Town Hall.

a brief stop in the bastide of Castelnau-de-Montmirail and then on to

and then to Bruniquel, with its ruined fortress, repultedly oncle the seat of Visigoth Princess Brunhilda

I arrived in Albi in the late afternoon to visit the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum in the Bishop's Palace, the city's huge brick cathedral, and its pedestrian Old City.