GR653 Via Tolosana, last part: Day 3 Giscaro - L'Isle-Arné

Le pied: un objet simple et moderne pour vivre debout.
- poster at Gîte Le Grangé

Hung about the comfortable Gîte Le Grangé as long as we could and then set off along the grassy path by which we had arrived. We passed through the hamlet of Giscaro and continued straight on to Gimont, where we stocked up on groceries for the next couple of days. In the supermarket we ran into our new German friends, a couple of Austrian pilgrims, and - Asterix and Obelix, along with their whole village of indomitable Gauls!

This bird has wings but prefers to walk, like us

The church of Giscaro

Indomitable Gauls out doing their shopping

With provisions for the next two days securely put away in our packs, we then explored the town of Gimont, a bastide, that is, a medieval market town surrounded by walls. 

Upon leaving the town, we found a park by a small lake, the perfect place for a picnic - in the company of a gaggle of geese. Did I mention that Gimont is the foie gras capital of the world?

Leaving our picnic spot, we stopped by the abbey of Cazuhac before continuing across farmland and through woods to our destination for today, Gîte Pied-à-terre en Gascogne near L'Isle-Arné. 

In this island of tranquillity we prepared a spaghetti dinner with our German friends Marius and Peter, who then made us peppermint tea with mint leaves from the garden. We are sharing this wonderful place with the young Austrian couple we ran into in Gimont, a Frenchman who has just finished cooking himself an elaborate seafood dinner, and six young women walking from Auch to Toulouse on a bachelorette trip!