Cordes sur Ciel

The luggage incident was, of course, only a small part of our time in France. This was the second part of our Fabulous European Wedding Tour, and it was my (Andrew’s) first time in France. We were staying just outside of a small town called Cordes sur Ciel (built in 1222, perched on a hill, cooler than cool) about an hour from Toulouse in southern France.

When we were planning the trip my good friend James, the groom, knew that we were on a very tight budget, so he kindly suggested that we could stay in the neighbor’s “pigeonier.”  I looked up the word and discovered that a pigeonier is more commonly known, in English, as a “dovecote.”  Those of us who don’t live on a rural manor might still need a bit of help; according to Merriam-Webster, a dovecote is

A small compartmented raised house or box for domestic pigeons.

Hmm.  I took James up on the offer, but wasn’t quite sure what we were getting into.

It turned out that the neighbors in question were stone-masons and had built the pigeonier as a guest-house. It was a four story stone tower with a full kitchen, living room, bath, and gorgeous bedroom at the apex (where the pigeons would have lived had it been a real pigeonier). Pretty awesome.

Below are a few of our favorite pictures from this part of the trip.  Click on any of them to see a more complete photo album.

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One of many spectacular views in Cordes.
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Flowers over a wall in Cordes.
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On our way to the ceremony.
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Eliza and James just after the ceremony (outside the ancient stone chapel)
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My favorite picture from our trip.
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How many cool things can you do under this one tree?
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Andrew, Griffin and James just before we left to fly back to Italy.

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