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09/17/2004: "Wednesday/Thursday"

Wednesday we went to meet up with the rest of the crew in Esperaza. There they were sitting at an outside table as we crossed the bridge....morning coffee. We joined them for a short time and then loaded up in two cars for a trip to Carcassonne. It's the largest medeival (sp) walled city in Europe. About a thousand people actually still live, work and go to school there today. It's also a tourist trap but we loved walking around, sitting in the cafes (Suzanne actually used a little watercolor set) and our visit to the old church.



We met up again Thursday and went up past Carcassone to Trebes to look at the midi canal locks and watch the boats and barges going up and down the 200 mile long canal. We also set up to paint and sketch there before heading back to Esperaza. Before we left, we met at the Creperie for one of Ellie's artist breakfasts....must have been a dozen artists there.We had a fine time getting acquainted with more of the artists around the area. The owner is also a wonderful potter......we loved all the work and it's too bad pottery is such a hard thing to buy and take home when you travel by plane.

ooops......Pat just told me I mixed up the days for finding the Painler's at the outside table near the bridge but I don't have time to change it all around....you get the gist of it.....

Now we're off to Esperaza again to load up and go to Collieure....down the coast where so many of the impressionists/expressionist painters loved to go. John said he made reservations at a one star Michelin restaurant for lunch......overlooking the harbour.