Castres & Montpellier

Le chemain d´Arles

A week spent walking a branch of the way of St. James in southern France.

Straßburg

Rue du Maroquin

Étang de Hanau

Just across the border is the french region of Lorraine where the mix of german and french identity is most apparent in the names of places, like Lake Hanau.
A pretty lake in the middle of the forest, and a view of crumbling Burg Waldeck. This time the overcrowded campground on the other side of the lake didn´t make it into my sketch.

tgv

people are staring at their laptops while the french countryside passes at 300 km/h.