Cahors

Chapter 2.

A Double Quartet These Parisians came, one from Toulouse, another from Limoges, the third from Cahors, and the fourth from Montauban.

But they were students, and when one says student, one says Parisian.

To study in Paris is to be born in Paris.

Elegance was Scandinavian and Caledonian.

The pure English style was only to prevail later, and the first of the Arthurs, Wellington, had but just won the Battle of Waterloo.

These Oscars bore the names, one of Felix Tholomyès of Toulouse, the second Listolier of Cahors, the next Fameuil of Limoges, the last Blachevelle of Montauban.

Naturally, each of them had his mistress.

But I think Cote d'Aron offers better value for money.

I mean, I think that there is inexpensive Bordeaux, and certainly from the southwest there are some inexpensive wines from what I'm blanking, but from Cahors and...

All of the Southwest has some good value reds, but I think it's less consistent.

Certainly the cheaper Bordeauxs are less consistent in terms of whether they're going to be good or not.

Chapter 2.

A Double Quartet These Parisians came, one from Toulouse, another from Limoges, the third from Cahors, and the fourth from Montauban.

But they were students, and when one says student, one says Parisian.

To study in Paris is to be born in Paris.

Elegance was Scandinavian and Caledonian.

The pure English style was only to prevail later, and the first of the Arthurs, Wellington, had but just won the Battle of Waterloo.

These Oscars bore the names, one of Felix Tholomyès of Toulouse, the second Listolier of Cahors, the next Fameuil of Limoges, the last Blachevelle of Montauban.

Naturally, each of them had his mistress.

It's a French grape.

It's from the Cahors region in France, but no one really knows that.

They think it's from, they think it's from Argentina.

So they've done an incredible job of marketing Argentina, along with that kind of like tango and the wine and the football, which is something that Chile is, is not very good at, I have to say, in terms of branding.

Uh, they feel like they belong nowhere, uh, because they don't share the culture of their parents, uh, and they share with their friends a culture of exclusion that can also serve as a way of, you know, of solidarity, uh, that, that the excluded can also, uh, i-in their language, as I, as I described the other day, and, and, and in these unfortunate events, uh, show that they can stick together, they can hang together too.

Um, and the trouble spread to, uh, the suburbs of Lyon, to Lille, to Saint-Étienne, to Strasbourg, and other places where, um, um, you could anticipate such reactions, but also amazingly enough to places like Cahors, you know, in the Lot, or in Brive, which isn't too far away, and, and just all sorts of places.

Orléans, uh, where you wouldn't think there'd be anything.

And trouble may be described as, you know, lighting a, a poubelle, a garbage can ablaze and throwing it through a storefront or something like that.

The festival crowds are gone, and the vendors have settled into a more relaxed rhythm.

Stalls are heavy with duck, walnuts, and Cahors wine.

I picked up some cèpes, those boletus mushrooms that are just coming into season, and a small jar of walnut oil.

The woman selling the cheese, who runs a stall near the entrance, recommended a local goat cheese from the Causses.

Most people use Crédit Agricole, Banque Populaire Occitane, or Caisse d'Épargne.

To open an account, you'll need photo ID, a proof of address, and often a French RIB.

If you're a non-EU national, you'll need to apply for a titre de séjour at the prefecture in Cahors.

It's a bit of paperwork, but the local officials are generally helpful.

It is a small price really, but it feels like buying a piece of the Courcy landscape to take home.

You can walk around for hours just observing the trade, the way people haggle gently over the price of apples or the quality of the Cahors wine bottles stacked in crates.

After the market, I needed to escape the damp chill for a moment, so I headed towards the center on Seine.

I wanted to revisit the Musée Champollion, Les Écritures du Monde.

It is a fair price for a proper sit-down meal in a place that sources its ingredients locally.

The atmosphere inside is warm and noisy, a contrast to the quiet solitude of the museum and the riverside walk.

I sat next to a couple from Paris who were discussing their plans to hike the GR65 Camino route south towards Cahors.

They seemed excited, though perhaps a little intimidated by the distance.

Chapter 2.

A Double Quartet These Parisians came, one from Toulouse, another from Limoges, the third from Cahors, and the fourth from Montauban.

But they were students, and when one says student, one says Parisian.

To study in Paris is to be born in Paris.

Elegance was Scandinavian and Caledonian.

The pure English style was only to prevail later, and the first of the Arthurs, Wellington, had but just won the Battle of Waterloo.

These Oscars bore the names, one of Felix Tolomees of Toulouse, the second Listolier of Cahors, the next Fameuil of Limoges, the last Blachevelle of Montauban.

Naturally, each of them had his mistress.