Monday, March 16, 2009

Day 6 Ride: Almond Gathering

Today was a mellow day. We just rode around the country side, exploring and eating almonds. We were going to go to Carcassonne to see a famous castle, but all of us were too tired from the race to walk around. So we will go another day and check it out. It was fun today. We stopped and picked almonds off of almond trees and just enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather. Good times. Nothing too interesting going on today. We are going to the super market later for our weekly trip. Here's some pictures from the day. Enjoy!

Colorful shutters near Chris's hotel.

The river that runs through Limoux.

An almond tree. So pretty :)

So pretty! The Pyrenees in the horizon over some grape fields.

Posing by the mountains.

The grape vines are like corn fields in Iowa.

There are small towns everywhere. And they are all beautiful.

The water is clear, not murky like it looks in this picture.

A picture from a building in a wine farm.

Another pretty mountain shot.

Almond tree with the Pyrenees on the horizon.

Pink flowers of the almond tree.

We ate some of the almonds from the trees and used a rock to crack them open. Cave women :)

The train that runs through town.

An old church in Limoux.


Another river shot.

Ok that's all for now. More pictures and updates to come. Thanks for reading :)
-A

1 comment:

Natalie D. said...

Wow it looks amazing there!