Today we had our first view of the Pyrenes mountains which were ranged along the southern horizon as we left the Fig Farm. Before long we were back on the Canal du Midi heading south to Toulouse city centre where we had an appointment to meet Guler, Sengul's sister who has lived in France for the last seven years. Toulouse is a beautiful city but we did get a bit lost cycling in from the Canal and ended up having to carry the bikes up two flights of steps!! We reached city centre in time to meet with Gerul who only speaks French and Turkish. Despite us not speaking any Turkish and limited French we had an enjoyable couple of hours with her and her beautiful little girl Beritan.
We then headed back to the Canal and continued through very attractive countryside. One couple we kept overtaking and then they overtook us when we stopped were an English man with his French wife. He was convinced Shirley had an engine on her bike as you could only go at that speed with an engine. He didn't realise what a powerful combination Carla and Shirley are. Reached our hotel for night. Hoped to get some washing done but no laundrette in town - maybe tomorrow.
Distance: 75.4 Distance of journey to date:964.7k
who is gerul?
ReplyDeletepleased that you had a good time with Guler and Beritan and managed to find each other. good luck with the washing. hope carla doesn't break down.
ReplyDeleteIts so nice to see you together. Hope you had a very good time and I am happy to see you met someone from my family. Take care. love xx
ReplyDeleteSeptember gales are here, hope they don't reach you! Pippa waiting for calm before last sail. The Doc is asking after your derrieres !
ReplyDeleteThanks for the total distance update I was just thinking about getting round to working it out. Nearly at the 1000 km mark and only the small matter of the Pyrenees to get over. Well done on spelling Beritan correctly I think that is by far the harder name of the two to get right.
ReplyDeleteHi Ub and Shirley, i'm glad your having a good time, it's nice that you have meet some of Sengul's family, her sister looks very like Sengul.
ReplyDeleteKeep on cycling your doing great.
Take care Love From Caroline xxx