Monday September 17, 2007
Today the plan was to head into Cathar country to explore the remains of two of its most important strongholds – Queribus and Peyrepetuse. We knew this had to be done on a day with low winds due to heights we’d be at. The day started off overcast but warm with a promise of better things. We had a great breakfast and headed out on our adventure.
We drove first to Durban des Corbieres because they had a supermarket and we needed water for our trek up to the castles. We waited 15 minutes for them to open and then set out for Queribus – pronounced keribous. This chateau was the last stronghold of the Cathars before the Vatican decided that their interpretation of Catholicism was not appropriate and they then obliterated every Cathar man, woman and child. Gotta love the Roman Catholic Church.
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