Montpell-YAY!

Day 5: Vendargues- Montpellier, 10 kms
Total kms walked: 92 kms/ 92 kms
Kms left to Montpellier: 0 kms

OK, so those walking maps that insisted that today's walk was fifteen kilometers are LIARS! It was indeed a too-short ten kilometer walk to Montpellier today. And while that is barely a three-hour walk, luckily we filled the day with a long coffee and reading break at a café. Oh, and we spent thirty minutes in a newly constructed park, not yet outfitted with Camino markers, trying to figure out where the f*ck to go.

(Can one of those helpful Camino peeps wander over to that new park, and stick some markers somewhere, so no one else gets lost? Asking for a friend.)

We reached the city limits of Montpellier at 1 pm, and by 1:30pm we were standing in front of the Montpellier Cathedral. With our Pilgrim passports stamped, and our Camino complete, our thoughts turned to lunch.

Throughout the week's walk, we'd mentioned repeatedly how delicious French crepes would be, and how disappointing it was that we hadn't seen a creperie all week.

So the Camino provided one last time: Directly in front of the Cathedral was a French-Morrocan creperie, and the only café still serving at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon. And a perfect table for two sat on the terrace, facing the Cathedral. Score!

After showers and long naps, we had dinner at Le Montis, a fantastic little bistro in the old quarter. We had a full-on celebratory Frenchie feast of roasted duck, duck gravlax, local rosé, and café gourmand (this bistro turned it up to eleven by offering CHAMPAGNE gourmand, but one mustn't be TOO much of a glutton). We toasted another successful Camino, and began planning the next one. (Stage #2 of the Camino Francés, from Pamplona to Logroño!).

Until then, happy walking 🚶‍♀️ 👣Читать далее