Good advice from the nuns at Sanctuaire de Laghet!
Le réfectoire
A house "eaten by ivy", as Phillipe put it!
Mariella rounding a corner on an exposed slope... not yet in the sun
When walking with a gardener, you learn a lot about plants. This, for example, is salsepareille, and it's what Smurfs eat!
Ancient olive trees. Our plant expert estimated some of them to be 500 years old
Drap
Fountain in Drap
A local specialty: Pan Bagnat.
In mini and maxi versions
I ordered a mini Pan Bagnat and a maxi Brownie!
Allons-y!
It was a day of ups and downs.
With beautiful views from the tops!
The last part of today's trail brought us through a pine forest.
A wayside shrine to St. Jacques.
Approaching Tourette-Levans
Looks almost like Liguria!
Finally, a fountain!
Climbing from Tourette-Levans toward Aspremont
And our destination for tonight: Abbaye de Notre Dame de la Paix.
The view from the abbey.
Once again, the sisters welcomed us with kindness, soup and an invitation to attend their evening office. Beautiful singing, to the accompaniment of a sitar.
And, these nuns make their own chocolate!!
I bought a bar to eat on the way tomorrow.
And so today we passed around the back of Nice. 22 km, total climb 1166 metres (in several installments)!
Wow, what a climb! Any place that advertises vente de chocolat is worthwhile.
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