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Découvrir Narbonne le temps d’un week-end, c’est s’aventurer sur une côte du Midi méconnue et pourtant généreuse. A pied, en bateau, à cheval ou à vélo, c’est un dépaysement complet, entre terre et mer, patrimoine et biodiversité, viticulture et gastronomie. Jérôme Pitorin débute son périple dans le vieux Narbonne.
Au sommaire :
– Les habitants du Canal
– Narbonne, un art de vivre entre ville et plage
– La gastronomie narbonnaise
– Un riche patrimoine naturel
– La Tramontane ou comment faire du vent un atout
– Les villages médiévaux

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[Music] Hello everyone, I’m delighted to see you again. This week, I have the pleasure of taking you to the Audde department for a weekend in Arbon and to the heart of its hinterland. This southern territory between the Mediterranean and the vineyards, between the Massif, the Rocheux, the Etan and the Chandolivier, which offers a very rich ancient and medieval history and in particular an absolutely magnificent listed heritage. [Music] Located about an hour’s drive from Carcasson, Montpellier or Perpignan. You will see that the one that was the capital of the first Roman colony outside Italy offers much more and is not just limited to these golden sand beaches, these lagoons, or even these Salalans tides. This is what awaits you. So welcome to the land of Olympic champion Camille Lacour or the great Charles Trainet. There is joy. Hello, hello irondelles and welcome to my beautiful escapes. [Music] [Applause] A weekend in Narbonne is truly extraordinary. It’s like floating in a little soap bubble. It’s sometimes overwhelming. You gave us a beautiful roll. I’m proud of you. For all styles. The first time I came here, I was drawn to an atmosphere and since then I live and sleep for the Middle Ages. Long live Adame Catherine and all ages. This is my very colony. This is the best colony I’ve ever been to. I’ve been observing birds since I was 5 years old. Really, it fascinates me, there’s such a diversity of birds, we never let go in fact. For Jérôme Pitorin, welcome to the cold background rose garden. 1500 shots of different varieties of roses. I expected to have a beautiful place and I didn’t expect to be so surprised and amazed by this place. It’s the postcard. Do you know the famous film 372? And yes, you’re right. It happened in a house here. Exactly. A rejuvenating weekend. Hi, my dear. Well, yes, it’s cuddle time. Yeah. As close as possible to the elements. Not bad. Sometimes, they say that the wind drives you crazy. Well, listen, we’ve gotten used to it and we live our lives with it. There you go. And it’s even one of the important elements of our city. Welcome to [Music] So, captain, are we mooring or are we casting off? We’re mooring. Okay, hi Germ, how are you, Franck? How are you? Great. Welcome to Narmon, Côte du Midi. We say Côte du Midi. Yes. Okay. Well, listen, I don’t know this region. I’ve planned an exceptional little weekend for you. Well, you’ll sleep well tonight, I’ll show you the boat. We’ll call it a collector’s item. It’s superb. So, it’s a Dutch vedette from 1962. Well, there aren’t many of them in the world. There are 22 of us seeing these boats. I can’t wait to discover all that. You’re welcome. Thank you very much. Watch your head. Oh, nice wooden tiller like that. So, were you already in this world of navigation? Not at all. No, it’s true. Not at all. So before I worked in a bank. Oh yes, nothing to do with it. Nothing to do with it. I see there are lots of little details. You haven’t left anything to chance there. Pistol, I can definitely take it. So the captain’s pistol. So there you go, we’re going to recall the naval battles, the horn battles, the pirates and all that universe. And there, you’re going to see the nautical charts that I found in a flea market. You’re going to have the whiskey bottles which will recall the trade around alcohol, prohibition. Ah, so you’re creating an atmosphere around the journey, in fact. There you go. [Music] I’m going to be curious. But where do I sleep? So, you have the choice in the captain’s room. Very well. On the other hand, she’s going to talk to you because here, we enter the world of travel. Ah, that’s original, this shape of bed. We’re on a bed that’s 2.20 long, 2.10. You wouldn’t think so. This is the Bermuda Triangle, a bit like, to stay in the travel theme, eh. But how did she come up with this idea of ​​refitting a boat like this? So, with my partner Éric, while walking around, we saw this boat for sale and we said to ourselves why not open a bed and breakfast. And today, it’s working very well. Great, Bravo! And it’s done with great taste. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] So, is this a portion of the Canal du Midi? No. So the Canal de la Robine will connect the Ode to the sea. And so, it was used to connect the Mediterranean and the Abon in the end. That’s it. It actually allowed water to be brought to the mill on the Pont des Marchands and, given the success of trade, it actually allowed goods to be transported from the sea and today, it allows for tourism development. Yeah. We’re in the heart of the city and the bridge is original. So, it’s our famous Pont des Marchands and there are only two inhabited bridges with houses above them in France. So one is made of wood, the Pont des Marchands. OK. So pride. Ah, a great pride in Bonaise. Yes, I can hear that in your voice [Music] a few kilometers from Narbonne. The Canal de la Robine joins the Canal du Midi, one of the oldest canals in Europe still in operation. Designed by Pierre Paul Riquet in the 17th century, this structure is a jewel that its lovers are keen to preserve and keep alive. Well, here, we’re going to arrive at a lock that’s quite beautiful because there’s a whole masonry of cut stone. There are two on the connecting canal. They really have a rather particular architecture with symmetry. It’s very classical. I really like this lock because it’s particularly beautiful and it’s also particularly low. The trick here is to be perfectly centered, otherwise you’ll look like a fool. Look at it like Dad in Mom. At the time of its construction, the canal revolutionized the transport of goods. It opened up the entire region from Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea. Leaving from the port of 7, Jean-Marc continues his tour of the canal. So here we are in Salel. Sal d’e. Pretty little village on the junction canal and we ‘re going to deliver olive oil that I was loaded with 7 directly onto the sailboat that brought it back with fat. A practically carbon-free transport. [Music] There, the doors have just opened. So, I’m going to go out and it’s true that we’re a bit of a source of attraction because there aren’t many penises of this size on the Canal du Midi and even fewer transport barges. Hello. Hello. This is the first time that Sandra, the village grocer, has used this delivery service. This is oil that comes from Sicily, a little fiery that has flavor. And this is oil that comes from fat which is milder. What can I give you? A 2 3 5 one No but I’d like some cans. OK. There you go. I’ll give you that. If the transport of goods has declined sharply since the 1970s, Jean-Marc is trying to get it back on track by delivering organic products to Bordeaux. We absolutely must redevelop transport on French and European waterways. For me, it’s something that is absolutely essential. And at 20, we were considered crazy. Today, it’s starting to make sense again and we understand that with boats that consume half as much or four times less or seven times less energy than road transport, this is what we absolutely must prioritize. Oh Denis, hi my friend. So, do you speak boats? I’m shoveling life. Ah, it’s great. I love it. I love this place. Well, well, it’s nice to see you. We’ll have a drink together. You’re the one paying. Ciao ciao, see you soon. Goodbye. The other figure of the canal is Denis, bucolic painter. What I like here on the canal, and more particularly here in this place, is first of all being outside and also giving thanks to nature. Well, there are the reflections that are there, the trees, they move all the time, and then the light, which is still magical. And I humbly try to translate this atmosphere. Hello! Thank you very much. Have a good trip. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] At 500 souls, sleep and its very photogenic bridge have become the emblem of the canal. [Music] So that’s the charm of here, The charm of the sleepwalk. It’s a place of passage and therefore obligatory, let’s say under the bridge and this bridge calls for a stop because there are establishments for this and this has been the case for centuries. Over the years, Denis began to paint scenes of life, drawing direct inspiration from the guinguettes of sleep. The charm of the canal is that, it’s the atmospheres and then also what was important but in life in general, it’s the encounters, the canal, we are free in fact. There, we found this feeling again. There, you have to be there at the right time. Great. [Music]
[Applause] [Music] So there, Jérôme, to understand the story of Darbon, we arrive at the town hall square. This is where it happens. This is where it begins. But it’s surprising because we have the impression that there are still several architectural eras that coexist there, right? So yes, we’re going to be in the Middle Ages, we’re going to be in the birth, we’re going to be in the modern era. But the history of Narbon is not there. It will begin here. Ah, here? I’ll take you to discover the Via d’ici, it was the highway of times of voice therefore which connected Rome to the Iberian provinces. So here, we are in the 3rd 2nd century BC which was initiated by Domicius to Neonarus. Where does its name come from? Where does its name come from? The via Domicia. So today Narbon Narbomarsus is buried so the entire city is under our feet completely and with pharaminesque remains since the coliseum was one of the largest coliseums after that of Rome in Narwonais. So you mean that somewhere under our feet there is another chapel than the one in Rome? Of course, Jérôme, I invite you to enter the town hall which was previously the Archbishop’s Palace. Very well. And there, we travel through time since here, we are to place you in the 13th century. We pass by the famous Passage de l’Incre. Superb. Oh my goodness. So there, we go back to the Middle Ages. I hope the jet lag Is it okay. Is it okay? Yes, yes. But I prefer to choose [Music] has a rather atypical side. This cathedral is impressive. It is very vertical, so it has a fairly small floor area and, on the contrary, it actually rises very high. And this cathedral was never finished. Ah, so maybe that would be it. There is a part missing. There is a part missing. Yes, it would make the volumes, let’s say, a little more balanced because we are in the middle of the 100-year guard period. And so to enlarge the cathedral, which was part of Narbonne’s fortifications, it was necessary to break down the wall to enlarge the cathedral, but in the middle of a period of conflict. But in fact, we preferred security to completion. Yes. Of the Saint-Jut and Saint-Basteur cathedrals. It made the city vulnerable. Obviously, Jérôme, yeah, yeah, I’m coming. I was looking for the elevator. Ah well, there we have 160 steps and the elevator, it’s like the cathedral, okay. Not finished. [Music] Well, you have to earn it, eh, the square tower, the keep of our friend Eselin. It’s surprising that there’s a small interior courtyard. And there, you’ll see the exceptional view of the Narvonaise. Ah yes, we completely dominate the city. So tell me, Franck, do you have a favorite place here in your city? We’re here. That’s it. It’s the dungeon. It’s the dungeon because we have an exceptional view. I’m someone who likes to get up high, and this view allows me to think. It’s a point of view that speaks to me. [Music] [Applause] Oh, what a facade! So the Halls were voted the most beautiful market in France, and you suddenly find these Narbonne figures. So you’ll find merchants, you’ll find Narbonne residents who are illustrated on this facade. It’s a place that you too have frequented, your little people, shopping for the boat for a long time, for my customers, for the boat, and even for me. My grandmother loves seafood, so I go to the Hall. It’s an institution. Say, there’s variety. You see all these colors. Hello. Hello. A song. We look, eh, we already feed ourselves with our eyes with great pleasure all these beautiful products. So, do you recognize this olive there? The Lque, it’s nicknamed the green diamond. The green diamond, we know that. Yeah. Thank you. It’s it ‘s excellent, it has tender and tasty flesh. It’s true that its reputation is well established. It’s appreciated by everyone and everyone loves it. [Music] We arrive Jérôme at one of my favorite stands at Josette and Magalie’s. So a family of basic fishermen and that’s three generations. Yes, we can guess the three generations there. Very good. So you have Josette, you have Magalie and you have the little girl behind. So there you have it, that’s three generations. Magalie, hi. Yes, hello. Are you well? I’m fine, thank you. You too? Very good. Let me introduce you to Jérôme. Magale. So, as I was saying to Jérôme, I’m a fan of oysters. Yes, I think he is too. We could make one, but of course, I’ll open a few for you. Come on, great. Eights from the 4. The oyster from the 4. It’s the one from here in the region. Okay. Thanks. Yes, I imagine you know them. With pleasure. Thank you very much. Come on Franck. Thanks to you. It’s an oyster that’s here, that’s not too salty and there’s chewiness, as they say. It has a good chewiness on it. Super good. So, from the region, we also have the purple ones. It’s the sea potato. We call it in the Patoi language. Patoi bajotte le bit. Le bitchute. Le bit. And inside it’s like an egg gen. Yeah. OK. And we eat it like that. Very good. I pull on it. Yes. Take a little. Come on. Yeah. It’s very concentrated enode. And the texture is actually funny. Earlier, Franck was explaining to me that you were a family. It’s there, several generations ago. Several generations ago. Yes, ever since I was very little, I’ve been coming to the fish market all the time. I’ve been immersed in it. Really here. It’s, it’s, it’s my whole life. So, I find it very beautiful in any case that the generations follow one another like that and I imagine that no doubt your grandmother and your customers are from your mother and that conversely each generation will follow one another. Hello, madam. Hello. So, how did it feel to see your granddaughter arrive? Ah well, I’m delighted. Yeah. Oh yes, that makes me very happy. She had never told me all that. Yes, she was happy that I was there but she hadn’t. So thank you for coming for that because, well, I’m very happy to hear it. Well, she’s enthusiastic and we can tell she’s passionate. So you were able to convey your love, for your profession and for the beautiful products of the region. [Music] Hello. Hello. Welcome. How are you? Are you okay? Thank you. What’s your name? Evy. Perfect. I see you’re staying the night. That’s right. Have you paid yet? Here are your details. OK. For her first time in France, Evy, a Finnish student, decided to stop in Narbonne like 2 million tourists each year, a third of whom are foreigners. [Music] I was looking for a small French town and I thought Narbonne looked charming. I like its architecture and it’s also close to the sea. So it’s great. Just a 30-minute drive from downtown Narbonne, vacationers come to stroll along the Mediterranean Sea. At the Coussoules Beach holiday camp, it’s often a first for these 120 young people from all over France. The kids, and beep! Beep! Ouch, ouch, ouch! This is my third camp. It’s the best camp I’ve ever done. Come on, enjoy your meal. I ‘m fine. It’s one of my greatest joys. Yeah. To be able to give kids the opportunity to go on vacation, to discover the sea, to discover activities they might not be able to do at home because it’s not done or because they don’t have access to them. Created in 1939, this holiday camp promotes social and solidarity tourism. It’s since this mecca water sports competitions that the young people at the camp will discover the joys of sailing. Hi! Hello everyone! How are you? Did you sleep well? Yes, you’ve been in good shape since yesterday. We’re going to get in the boat and we’re going to make a beach departure, paying attention to the boats that are already here and being as safe as possible. There you go, that’s good. There you go. So, we’ll stay flying. There you go. Very good. How fast are we here? 3 4 knots. Uh yeah 4.5 4.5. There you go. So now we’re going to do the rubber-sea maneuver. So in your opinion, how are we going to recover someone who is in the water? From the front, from the back or on one side? A person who recovers on the side. On one side. Very good. Because from the front, obviously, we can pass them, we can pass over them. I’m going to throw a buoy and we’re going to do this maneuver. So watch out for a man overboard . Hop, right away, a little jerk, hop, hop, and we right ourselves. Very good. It’s a successful first maneuver for Leya. Very good. So I decided to maybe do a boat license because where I live in the Hauts-Alpes, there are a lot of lakes and I live not far from the sea too, so it’s really practical. And in my family, there are a lot of them in the Carivato, so it’s a bit in the gees. So there you go. Come on, watch out for a man overboard. Come on, in a few days, she and her friends should get their boat license. Not far from this beach, there are also many places where you can relax. Help you. Come on, go. [Applause] In the area, I used to come a lot when I was little to windsurf. I did it a lot of time. Having the opportunity to work in a place where you went on vacation. So, you don’t feel like you’re working, and especially since you’re coming back to a setting like that and the people, as pleasant as they are, don’t want to go to work as a student in the Jura. This is the second year in a row that Jules has come to spend a season at this water sports center. Right now, I’m installing the floating pontoon. We have floating aperitifs that we sell, and so customers won’t be taking the pontoon right now and will be able to land wherever they want on the times to have an aperitif for an hour, and you’ll just have to push it. OK. Magnificent, and remove it at the time of “That’s the holidays.” We would have gone to the corners and to the sides. Obviously, no one in front or behind because it’s really hard to paddle in front or behind. So get to the side because then it’s going to move forward like that. So if you’re at the front, you’re going to have trouble paddling. So spread out to the sides. You’re messing with your hand. No, what a good time. See you later [Music] for the little vacation there. Well yes, little vacation in Arbon. Yeah, it’s nice. By embarking on this floating aperitif, these Narbonne women came to seek a change of scenery just a stone’s throw from home. It’s truly extraordinary. It’s like being in a little soap bubble that floats and time passes. It’s, it’s splendid. After working all week, well, we find ourselves in places out of time. For his part, Jules and his team are celebrating the end of the season. There you have it, an end of season with a twist and already promising to meet again next year. [Music] Jérôme? Yeah. And hello. How are you, Franck? Did you sleep well? Super well. Is that true? Yes, honestly. Well, I’ll bring you breakfast. Wow! Royal croissant and my grandmother’s jam. Okay, I’ll join you. I’m coming. Come on, just a minute. Great. I’m here. Captain. Settle in. Oh, you made me breakfast. Captain’s breakfast. Hot coffee there. I’ll honor your grandmother. So, I’m going on the strawberry and it’s Granny Naked, watch out, that’s her nickname. Yeah, she’s named after the boat. Exactly. And I’ll even tell you more, she’s the navy of the official boat. How old is she, anyway? Granny, she’s 86. Oh yeah. And Granny, here’s on her small scale, She’s participating, she’s happy. Yeah, she must be proud to be able to and I’m very proud of my grandmother. Yeah, you can feel it. What’s your grandmother’s name? Grandma’s name is Hugette. Well, you’ll kiss her Maette for your month, she’ll be happy. Hello. Hi Margarette. Your neighbor, you all know each other on the canal. Yeah. There’s a little family apart. We all know each other. Yeah. So there’s a solidarity and life on the canal is completely different than life in Yeah because well, we come out of the land, we’re on the sea and so it’s another world. We belong to the same family. Okay, Jérôme, get your strength up because I’m going to take you to discover the wild nature of the Côte du M. Magnificent. [Music] Ah, it’s absolutely magnificent. There, we left Narbon, the city center, and in 15 minutes, we find ourselves in this natural setting. It’s wonderful. Exceptional, wild setting. What is it? It’s a being. So that’s summer. OK. And you see the village of B which is just opposite, you see the bell tower on the rocky promontory. Exactly. So that’s a typical village of the Côte du Midi. It offers a quite exceptional spectacle because we are between land and being, vineyard, sun, fishing tradition. Are we here in the area that is part of the regional natural park? We are in the heart of the park, so of course a protected area of ​​the Narbonne. Of the Narbonne, Côte du Midi. And it’s an authentic, wild being that brings back a lot of memories for me. Like what for example? So, I used to go there with grandpa at the time, we went fishing for sacanelle with a line. Canelle, so you have the medallion, the sacanelle and the sea bream. It’s the same family. Small sea bream. It’s a small sea bream. OK. [Music] Here, you have this color gradient. It’s a painting. [Music] It’s absolute bliss. This wind is invigorating and feels good with this sun. [Music] Ah, it’s pink flamingos. How wonderful. The animal that is necessarily typical of our beings. [Music] This neighborhood is atypical. Where are we then? Here, we are in the famous Grissan chalet neighborhood. Ah, that’s the ruisson ladder. Oh yes, it’s funny because I didn’t see them raised like that. I heard about it. Yes, because in fact at the end of the 19th century, they started to build these little fishing huts where people would come to start seaside tourism and with the rough seas, well inevitably the first huts exactly. We’re all, we’re very, very close, and the first chalets were swept away by the numerous storms. So it’s unique in France, and today, in fact, it’s developed so much that there are more than 1,200 chalets. In the neighborhood, we’re exactly that. They’re just chalets on stilts, and there are more than 1,000 of them. Exactly. Wow! It’s the loss of perspective, in fact, it never stops. [Music] It’s the postcard, and by the way, do you know the famous film 372? And yes, you’re right. It happened in a house here. Exactly. It was filmed here at the chalet. Okay. Oh yes, with Béatrice Dal and Jean Glade. Okay. It was filmed here. Okay, Jérôme, I don’t know what you think, but we could go make a dozen. Okay, it’s not lunchtime. Yeah, we’re not far, but we’re not far. We’re not far, you know I like that. There you go, and uh, I think it could make a nice little get-together. Well, you seem to know a place. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]
So, hello. Hello. Hello. Ah yes, I understand the principle. We buy these products. That’s it. So, in fact, it’s the seafood market. You choose your oysters, your baby oysters. We taste them, you can taste them on the spot, but you can also take them home with you tonight if you want to make mussels. Great. There are the beautiful, beautiful baby oysters there. What are number 2s? These are numbers here. That sounds good to me. A small dozen number 2s. Yeah. Yeah Yes. You can make us a little lobster, shrimp, and buot assortment. Come on, I’ll do that for you. [Music] Okay, Jerome, are you ready? I don’t know. I’ll stay behind you too if anything falls, you see, I’m here for those assholes or but I never let go of a seafood platter . [Music] Plus, we’re going to have a view there. So you have the Clappe massif behind you. OK. And behind us, you see the Pyrenees mountain range flowing. Ah, into the sea. I’ll let you help yourself. Yeah. Little langoustine. Hi guys. How are you, Fran? Greg? Hi, and you forgot “essentiel.” Yes, that’s true. It goes with it. Okay, nice to meet you, Jerome, Greg, nice to meet you. So Greg, who is the owner of these places and a fisherman? You have your boat and you… Yes, yes. There, I have my boat down there. I have my boat for the mussels and my fishing boat. I supply my restaurant which is downstairs. Oh yeah, so you put all your fish there. Yeah, yeah. So it’s the catch of the day . It’s the catch of the day, all local. Well, in any case, it’s magnificent. Well, there you go, we’re going to enjoy ourselves, I think. I hope so. Thank you. Enjoy your meal. Thank you very much Greg , cheers. Cheers Franck, and I thank you for sharing your passion with me, and also nature, which you know very well here. You see, I’m halfway through my weekend and I’ve already… It’s off to a great start. Yeah. Yeah. Come on, long live Captain. [Music] Ah, the grapes are beautiful. We’re having a great year. Well, there’s no need to sort. The perfect pre-danger. They’re much better when you taste them. It’s Yeah. Ah yes, these are some beautiful vines that we planted 22 years ago when we settled here. Cultivated 100% naturally, Magali’s vines extend over 20 hectares. Let’s go. Come on, let’s go. After having cultivated vines in Beaujet, Jura and Maonis, she gave herself a new challenge by coming to Periaac-de-Mer. When I settled in 2000, the region was not known for its wines. It was a region of large production with large yields. And we clearly saw that there was a way to make quality wines with smaller yields because we have a climate that is perfect, very sunny in a beautiful terroir, solar gilalcaires here very conducive to the vine. To embark on this new adventure, Magalie knew how to surround herself with the best companions. Hi my beautiful. Oh well yes, it’s time for a cuddle. Oh Copia. Oh Rickita. Oh là là là! There are three gardeners in the two-year-old estate. So he takes care of pruning the vines in winter. That saves us a lot of time, and when the pruning is finished, we put them around the vines. He eats the grass, the brush, the brambles, they clear everything like that. It protects us from fires, and they make one of the beautiful donkeys with a beautiful coat. There you go. In addition to the work of the Annes, Magalie is showcasing another ancestral practice: punching down the cap. Come on, each of you stand on one side. You have to sink in well without trampling too much to extract gently. Thanks to this technique, which consists of pushing the solid matter into the soft liquid, Magalie’s sons release the aromas of the wine, not without effort. It makes your legs a bit sticky . There are bubbles rising up there. That’s the terroir. A wise man. After this step, we’ll press this vat and the wine will be ready to drink in about a year. By then, Magali’s wine may be added to the menu of the grand buffets. A true institution in Narbonne, this exceptional buffet offers customers dishes worthy of festive meals. [Applause] [Music] What also makes its reputation is its platter of 111 cheeses. The largest platter in the world for a restaurant. It earned it an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. There you go, you’re setting me up as usual, Walter. [Music] I don’t know who I didn’t greet. Hello everyone. How are you? Hello. Hello. To showcase these products, Louis, the founder, leaves no detail to the Chance. It’s very important to illuminate the products. It’s a bit of our signature to use very high-level lighting, all inspired by theater. It’s a bit like the type of lighting used in certain museums to highlight sculptures or objects. His taste for staging is also found in the majestic rooms of the restaurant. All dedicated to an era. We are here in the dining room or the Jean de la Fontaine lounge. It was the Ateliers de France who made this creation. The Atelier de France has just done the Hôtel de la Marine, they work at the Élysée and Versailles, and so we are in the great tradition of decorative arts. All the gilding was done with gold leaf. There are 18,000 gold leaves to adorn the columns. It’s the guard of honor, the guard of smiles. Every day, the restaurant team welcomes 1,000 customers from all over France and abroad. I hope you have a great time with us. Thank you. [Music] For the sum of €47.90. It delves into this extraordinary world where French gastronomy is in the spotlight. [Music] Ladies and gentlemen, discover the duck with blood from the problematic of French gastronomy. It’s complicated to make a choice because we don’t know where to start. Maybe I’ll go for salmon. There you go. A nice slice. We’re not going to overload the starter. I think we’re good here. Coming from Marseille, Sébastien has gathered his family here to celebrate his wife’s birthday. Oh well, did you have lobster, darling? Yes. Bon appétit. Appétit. It’s an exceptional restaurant and we’re super happy and look forward to coming every time. This is the 4th time and I’m still delighted to arrive in this type of place and this type of room. It’s often reserved for a somewhat prestigious setting and here it allows you to afford it quite easily. [Music] H very good. We’re here to indulge ourselves and perhaps without limits and without constraints. My references would be more Gargantua and Pantagruel. It would be more these literary origins where we find meals, banquets, festive meals where the table comes back permanently in the words and above all for me it’s the key word in catering, it’s generosity. With his all-you-can-eat buffet, Louis has managed to take gastronomy lovers on a journey in his madness of grandeur. finished, we’re all together. Yeah. [Music] Simon? Yes. Ah! Ah! Hi Jérôme. How are you Simon? Are you okay, are you okay. But you know, you can call me Nénette here. Everyone calls me Nénette. Nénette is short for Simone, that’s for sure. Simon Simonette Nénette. Ah, not bad. Well listen, welcome to Tournebelle, eh. Tournebelle. Yeah, that’s it. Tournebelle is my domain. That’s it, that’s my manade. Do you know what a manade is? Manade is breeding both horses and bulls, cows, but especially purebred cattle. And being in the Aude, we still have the right to breed Camargue breeds here. Yes, the right. Yes, we have the Camargue, it’s between the two arms of the Rôe. That’s the real Camargue and after all, it’s the Camargue of the Aude. Why? Because we have the same fauna and flora as in Camarg. We have everything the same except the name of the wind. Over there, when the north wind blows, it’s the Mistral and when it blows for us, it’s the Tramonne or the Serf. So, what’s your plan for today? Because when I called you, you told me you’re going to spend a day with us with “There you go, we’ll start by going to feed the cows and then you’ll see the program is long for the day. There won’t be any problem. OK, that works with “Come on, let’s go.” [Music] Al, how much does an estate cover? Well, the estate is very long. It’s 3 km long and it’s about 80 hectares. Oh yeah, yeah. And what was it like when you arrived here? It was already a manade. No, no, it was a livestock farm. doing doing. Oh no, that was all impressive. It was just shuttlecocks. Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch. [Music] [Applause] Go to the table. Go where did they see the snack arrive there. Hm, they have very pretty horns. They have a whole different shape. It seems that they are almost not even symmetrical. The particularity of the Camargue cow is that it has horns in the shape of a lumberjack. And so, how many animals do you have there on this plot? I have 120. Okay, we’re going to start undoing the string. Are you feeling brave? Oh well, of course. Come on, let’s go. And of course, you keep a good eye on the car. I’ll keep an eye on you, eh. And I’d like you to meet Richard. Hi Richard, who gives me his hand. We’re watching you do it, eh. Yeah, I can see that. Yeah. You work well anyway, eh. Well, you have to learn your trade. Well, there you go, eh. You’re right, eh. So, do you want to hang it or not? Oh, I’ll tell you that she obliges you anyway. You’re nice. We’re going to get down on our knees. Oh yes, because normally, we can do it standing up, but I don’t want you to fall flat on your face. It’s the first time. So, we’re going to ask Richard to move forward. And there, on each side in the car. Simone. No, it’s me. It’s you. It doesn’t work. It’s you at the wheel. Come on, hop there. Go on. Do you want me to do you? Yeah, not bad, not bad. You’ve been doing it all your life. Say, it’s fine. Come on, let’s go. I’ll see you. You see, did you see? She would have magicked it, eh. Oh, you, you give little tips. I don’t have a hook, me. Oh well, I didn’t want to. And leave me a little anyway. You’re going to go by quickly, kid, but what does that mean? There you go. [Music] Watch out, you have the ta. Where is it in front of you? Oh yeah, wait. Don’t move. Do n’t move. Go on, speed up a little. That’s the bull there. Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. On, on. There you go, that’s good. Hop. So what are the characteristics of this Camargue cow? She’s small, yeah, all black, stocky, very rustic. She’s never kept in a stable. But then, when you feed them like that, they’re quite sociable. On the other hand, when they’re kept in an arena, it’s not the same thing. Surfing lessons. Me, that’s more my age. [Music] Good idea. [Music] Think about also adding turns, stopping, changes of direction. There, you arrive at the working arena. So it’s an enclosure where OD is doing an exercise with the little Camargue horses. Let’s continue. Originally, it was a very small horse, it was on the edge of a pony, it was 1.35 m tall because it lived outside all the time in the marshes. So it had to be small, stout and very energetic. Because, well, when you go among the bulls, it still has to be quite lively. Don’t bring your hand back to your belly, you see, otherwise it only pulls your leg back. There. And so she’s giving a lesson in what? So working equitation, it’s Camargue riding. So the advantage is that she started with me, I practically taught her everything. She did her training to be in compliance with the rules and now she’s teaching youngsters and in 1 year 2 years, they can go up in the rates. Okay. O please . Yes. It’s foggy there. Ah, we’re right in the teeth. Oh dear. Well, Od, I’ll introduce you. Hi Ode. Jerome. Hello Jerome. How are you? Are you okay? Yeah, it looks like it, eh. You look like Yes. Little training for the Guardian Games because there’s also a whole side to the show. OK. And how long have you been working together? Ouh, 15 years. Ah yes. Ah, it’s true that she knows her job very well. Whether it’s with bulls or horse riding, she’s very, very She doesn’t want to praise me, eh. She knows me, when things aren’t going well, I tell her, eh. And she’s got it on her sleeve anyway. So does that mean that eventually you’d consider, for example, taking over the entire herd after you? Why not? Yeah, is that something you’d like? I’d like that. Ah, but then we’ll… not finished arguing or but that’s good. That’s good. It’s good signed. [Music] Come on, we’re off. Let’s go. We’re going to visit the estate a bit, take a little walk. [Music] [Music]
So you, are you from the region? Yes, well I’m from BE, so on the other side of the Étin. Oh yeah? that you Yes, you’re at home, I want to say. You found yourself, that’s it. It would be faster for me to come by boat. Yeah. Yeah. And how old were you when you started horse riding? Well, I was 8 years old. Oh yeah, I started quite young and by chance one day, I came to see my sister who was doing an internship here and it’s true that I really liked the horses’ way of life and the atmosphere. So well, I never left. I’ve always loved animals, always loved horses. Uh, I think this passion comes from my grandfather, who was a winegrower and who, at the time, plowed the vines, all with horses. So there have always been horses in the family over the years. There’s a little bit of a western lighthouse feel, I think, with these large plains there. There are a few birds there. What are they? Egrets. Yeah, they’re egrets, actually. They ‘re often with the cattle or with the horses, and they remove flies, mosquitoes. Here’s our little private pond. Say, we’re talking about the pink flamingos in the background. That’s it. Pink, they’re light pink there, they’re pale pink above, and when they spread their wings, you can really see the bright pink color. [Music] [Applause] And the herd is located in a protected area. So we’re in a protected area . This area isn’t ours. It’s the coastal conservatory that allows us to practice our activity here all year round. [Music] I brought you some osprey pasta. I hope we’ll see some today. We’re in the middle of the migration period. And so there, you see, there are very, very curved tails, to catch the fish. And since fish are slippery, there are non-slip pads. We can clearly see that the birds were reptiles, after all. You can clearly see it on the legs, right? They have scales, like a snake. The birds in the Narbonne Regional Natural Park are among the largest migratory corridors in Europe. They have established themselves as a very popular destination for birdwatching. It’s not bad. I think I see a ringed flamingo there. Oh yeah, there are quite a few rings. So inside, well, there are birds ringed in Camargue, others ringed in Spain. With his association Haut de Nature, Dominique shares his wonder with budding ornitologists. I’ve been observing birds since I was 5 years old. What fascinates me about them is that they manage to make such long, such large journeys . Really, it fascinates me. There’s such a diversity of birds. That we never let go, in fact. No, no, there, there, on the right, on the right, there, which is turning over there. There you go. It’s really the ideal spot to photograph pink flamingos, birds in migration with low light at sunrise. We really have magnificent colors. Yeah. It’s really in the first hour of the sun, uh, where we have a shade of pink that even turns orange with the sun. An ornithologist for over 30 years, Dominique came to settle in the region to live his passion on a daily basis. What attracted me, what made me stay in the region, is the migration, eh. The migration of birds, whether in spring or autumn. So that is to say, locally, we can practically observe migratory birds 10 months out of 12, which is enormous. So there, we see fabulous spectacles, like seeing 3,400 birds pass by in a day or thousands of birds of prey like black kites or marsh buntings or honey buzzards. It’s quite fantastic. And besides, many people come to the region in Gruissant in particular, between Gruissant and Arbon, only to observe migratory birds. Going a little further inland, other discoveries await nature lovers. The Black Mountain contains a treasure. The giant chasm of Caprespin, one of the most beautiful caverns in Europe. We’re going to go on the glass walkway to see the start of the trail. We’re going to descend 200 m to reach the underground river and take our Canadoué walk. And then, we’re going to descend but we have to go back up later. Look closely. You put your feet in, eh? It’s a little slick there. Al the path we take to descend is the same one that the first cavers who entered here in 68 took to ascend. So imagine the emotion they must have felt when they arrived in such a volume and discovered this underground treasure. I’m going to show you something quite exceptional on the trail. Here we’re going to see some cave pearls. This one is several tens of thousands of years old. These are the small grains of sand that are rolled by the direction of the water and after several thousand years, there is a layer of calcium that forms on the gravel and it gives small pearls. [Applause] A masterpiece of nature, this immense chasm with a 25 km long gallery is the dream playground for its one-day explorers. Sit down or kneel down as you see fit. Be careful not to capsize at the pier. There. There, that’s it. Hop there. Go. This is one of the most beautiful places in the underground river. It was at the age of 7 that Philippe discovered the chasm and with it his vocation as a speleologist. The chasm is the story of my life. If I have to die one day, I might as well go underground. This is where I would like to end my days. I’ve always practiced aspecto here. It’s been my passion. And the advantage of this network is that it remains one of the underground networks that has not been explored in its entirety, and we still have dozens of years of exploration ahead of us. Philippe and his colleagues estimate that they still have a 15 km link to explore. A great promise of adventure. How? Drop it three times. It’s very cold, but it’s amazing. I can tell myself that I was I bathed in the underground river of the giant Cabrespine chasm. But Nolwen’s troubles are not over. [Applause] To immerse visitors a little more in his world, Philippe had the idea of ​​creating a zip line course. The acroute is truly immersing yourself in a fantastic universe. It’s a Tolkein-esque universe, it evokes The Lord of the Rings, the world of Indiana Jones. There you go, we’re transported to a different world and it’s a way to enjoy the underground environment while preserving it, respecting it. It’s powerful all the same. It’s powerful. Powerful. Woo! [Applause] [Music] After spending 5 hours underground, the apprentice pelago explorers find the light again and extend their discovery of the region’s rich natural heritage. [Music] [Applause] there or there. Come on, whatever you want. Oh, you’ve put on your beautiful outfit. Did you see that? Great. It goes well with your blue eyes. You have beautiful eyes too, you know. Oh, you have beautiful eyes, you know. Well, listen, you’re going to take the king’s chair now that the guardians are here and with me. Come on, here. Yeah. Yeah. You’re next to me, closer to me. You can’t, eh. Come on, well, hold on, eh. He’s an indestructible machine. Oh, he’s my age. [Music] Now you’re going to sort the cattle. They’re going to sort the beta. Is he an animal. There you go. [Music] Are you okay? Can everyone hear me? Yes. Yeah. OK. In a herd, you have to know that there’s a hierarchy. So at the top of the list, we have the leader. So we have the woman herder, we have Nénette. She’s the one you saw at the reception desk earlier. Thank you. Thank you. And the youngest is Ellie. She’s the guardian. The guardian, She’s the youngest person in the job. So if there’s a problem today, it’s Ellie’s fault. The bulls don’t want to go out, it’s Ellie’s fault. The aperitif isn’t good. There, I see it’s gone down well. So in front of you, you have the breeding. So there, there are only the females and there’s only one male, he’s the breeding mare. In your opinion, what are these cows for? In the pool. Haha, well done. I got the beginnings of an answer there. He said the pool bull, he puts the little cow in the pool or puts rings around its horns and all that. So those are our little cows. The riders will start sorting the animals needed to go and perform in the arena. [Music] Let’s see. Spectacular, huh. We can tell there’s still a lot of experience. Ah, well, that’s work. Yes, the keepers who really manage to channel the animals, it’s crazy, eh. There, you’re a little bit obliged, but the horse helps you a lot anyway. The horse, when it knows the animal that has sorted, there’s no problem, it helps you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] What’s surprising is that you do a job that was, a priori, at the time you started, at least reserved for men. Women were n’t legion at the time. No, no, no, there weren’t many of us. We women have to show twice as much that we’re capable of doing something. Whereas a guy who arrives in a horse mansion, if the horse isn’t too bad, we’re not going to ask him as much as we’re going to be asked of us. We have to be superior, but in a way, it’s not so bad because once we get there, then we’re respected, but we’re not respected from the start. I admire your journey, you know that. I’m also proud of what I’ve done. You can, you can, you can [Applause] not Ah yeah, we see them very close there. Yeah, did you see? She’s still scratching with her foot like that. We often see that in cartoons. Does that have a real meaning? Absolutely. It’s not necessarily that they’re going to attack, it’s mainly that they ‘re telling you, “Be careful.” So I scratch. Be careful, don’t enter my field. But you can enter if you want. Yes. Well, I’ll see, I’ll see. Yes, if there are any brave people there, you can go. Oh, from Jérôme, he wants to come. Look, look at the flexibility. Clap. Come on, I can go. I was surprised you left me out of this. To laugh there. We have to go. Come on, watch out for the cow. [Music] [Applause] Good, we have to dodge. [Music] N not Come on. [Music] E this one, he has a little more gas. [Music] [Applause] Dodge. Watch out. Come on the family jewels. Touch. Wow! Jérôme congratulates you. You did us Oh yeah! Yeah! Then you did a nice roll, hey! I I’m always generous in what I do. I’m proud of you. Really participate until the end. He was well he was well trained eh. He was my intern. I didn’t see you doing any rolls by the way. No but I I I was watching I didn’t want to take the show off. You were the one doing it. I still think it’s a job of passion. You embody it perfectly. A job too, where you take risks because I imagine that when an animal charges that you are sorting in the pasture, there is a notion of danger in your job that has added to this passion and this know-how and this tradition that allows us to endure. I think that’s great. You offer this to people that it is also educational through the explanations and well thank you. I want to make you [Laughter] a very nice meeting. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hello, good evening even. Do you have a reservation? Yes, Jérôme Pitan booked for one night. Nice to meet you. We spoke on the phone, we can use informally if you wish. Discover that. So, what was the concept at the beginning, the idea? Well, it’s really an experimental concept. We started with two lodes. Hm hm. We looked a little to see if the customers were also likely to come, if they liked it. We made corrections based on what they had experienced, if only based on their personal experience. And so after that we started with this prototype and it’s very popular and it’s especially quite surprising to see floating accommodations like that in a marina because normally it’s not allowed. But indeed, then we are approved for boats, we can put a motor inside the Lodchbot terraces and thus be able to sail. But sail. Well, sail. Here, move them here. Of course, move them. In any case, you’ll also notice that they are moored. So there’s no risk, eh. Uh, is that the one? It’s this one. Yes, it’s right here. OK. Hop, I’ll let you discover it. Thank you. With pleasure. Oh yeah, it’s comfortable. Okay, listen, I’ll leave you the keys and I wish you an excellent stay. Have a safe trip back. Be careful on the road. Thank you very much. Thank you. In the region, the inhabitants have learned to live with an element that can sometimes make you dizzy: the wind. Some people really enjoy it on Lecat beach. With nearly 300 windy days a year, it’s one of the windiest places in France. Whether you’re passionate about surfing or not , here the Tramonne, this northwest wind, is an integral part of the landscape and governs people’s daily lives. Here, we’re really in a place where we can see that the wind has worked, has made the elements and the cliff work. This is what we can see behind me. There, we can see all the layers of the cliff. It’s different layers of limestone, layers of sand, and so on. And we can see that the force of the wind has sculpted this whole place. She removes the sand that is between the strata and the strata slowly subside. There, Laurent is a technician and lighthouse keeper. For 27 years, he has worked on the one in Lecat with his wife. In the area, they are undoubtedly among the people most exposed to the wind. [Music] Ah, hello my love. What are you doing here? Come in. Well, I’m finishing this. I think that’s it. Ah, this one is beautiful, isn’t it? It’s the inner view. Ah well, it’s great anyway. Okay, I’m going up to the top of the lighthouse, I have work to do and I’ll see you later. Come on. Painter Janine has found her little cocoon here. There are times when the wind is so violent that I actually don’t want to leave my house. And so at that moment, I come to my studio and what’s great is that in my studio, there’s music. The wind starts playing me a little concert and suddenly it accompanies me in my creation. It is 40 m above the sea that Laurent works to ensure the electrical and mechanical maintenance of his lighthouse. [Music] [Applause] With the wind, the kisses stick to the windows of the lighthouse, especially the green side. So we go up here to clean the windows a little because the windows are greasy with salt. Tonight, it will light up this lighthouse with 1000 lights. Ah well today, we don’t have much wind. We only have 9 km/h of wind. I think the record was set at 180 km/h here, or maybe more. Sometimes, they say that the wind drives you crazy and that’s true. Sometimes, I see that there are a lot of people who spend a week of vacation here and who suffer a week of wind. They say “How do you manage to live with a wind like that?” There you go. Well, listen, we got used to it and we make our lives with it. There you go. And it’s even one of the important elements of our city [Music] like Laurent. Others also work in direct contact with the wind. [Music] Since ancient times, the men of the territory have known how to make it a resource. Even today, their know-how is perpetuated and we continue to harvest fleur de sel thanks to the CERCE, a northwest wind that has saénilaire. Hi Stéphane. Hi Lony. How are you? Go. Are there any? Are there any? Yeah, there is one. There are quite a few. It’s pretty. The fact that we have the northwest wind here is really what will make us have a very good terroir for salt. It will double evaporation and that’s what will allow us to be productive. That’s why there are salt marshes here because there’s wind. So this fleur de sel as soon as it crystallizes, it will push against the quarrels we see here. And we’ll come and collect it against these quarrels. Yeah, it will slowly sink and then we’ll come and collect it. True to family tradition, Loni grew up on the salt marshes of Gruissan and learned the trade of salt marsh from her father. Together, they take care of regulating the water levels in the pools and controlling their salt density. Let’s go. We’re going to land. We’ll see, we’ll see what that 85 is. Ah, well, that’s good, eh. The season is also good. Exposed to the prevailing wind. The seawater arrives in a first pool before being evaporated from pool to pool to reach a high concentration of salt. It then attracts a microalgae that proliferates and tints the water with its most beautiful colors. The job of carer is to create clouds. To make 1 kg of salt, you have to evaporate 40 L of water a little. And here, we make 15,000 tons of salt. We don’t rely on the elements. It’s nature that makes the salt. We accompany it, we regulate the speed of the water, but after that, if the weather is nice, it’s nice. If the weather is not nice, it’s not nice. Of great purity and rich in trace elements, fleur de sel is considered an exceptional product that salt workers take the greatest care of. [Music] There it is, it’s a little better. It’s pretty this morning. It’s pretty, eh. Patrice saved his salt marshes, witnesses of his childhood, doomed to abandonment in the early 2000s. My first contact with salt was on a salt camel like this. I was 4 years old, my father led me to the salt marsh and I climbed on it and I was red. The speed took me, I slipped on the salt. I hurt my elbows and knees. The contact was sharp, but I’m still in the salt. This is my planet, the aliens are my visitors. If nature is generous to Patrice and his son, they return the favor. With their exploitation, they have established an entire ecosystem whose aquatic environment favors the nesting of migratory birds. Proof that man and nature can coexist intelligently. [Music] Hello Jérôme. How are you, Bermis? Welcome to the Frontfroide marble. Thank you. I’m very happy to visit this place, a treasure of Narbonne’s heritage. Absolutely. Centuries of history even. Yes, it’s almost a millennium, eh. It was founded, and yes, founded in 1093. So we’ll soon be celebrating the millennium of the abbey. Ah well, we’re doing well, eh. Yeah. Despite its great age. So I was looking when I arrived there, the abbey is very impressive, in fact. A lot of buildings. Uh, these are hermit monks who lived in the surrounding hills who decided to group together as a community of Benedictine monks at the beginning, and then very quickly they became Cistercians. Okay. Welcome to the Frontfroide rose garden. Rose garden! Oh yes, it’s vast, I must say. There ‘s lots of it on the ground. It’s magnificent. 1500 plants of different varieties of roses. Has this always been an ornamental garden here or was it something else? No, not always. So originally it was the monks’ cemetery. Okay. OK. That’s one of the reasons why roses grow so well. Yes. Okay. Yes. It’s a good fertilizer. Then it was also the vegetable garden and it was only in the 19th century that this part was transformed into a rose garden. You are a descendant of the owner of the one who bought this habit. That’s what I understood. Gustave Fayet, then, who was my great-great-grandfather who bought the abbey in 1908. Okay. Who was not at all in the orders. Absolutely not. He lived in near Narbonne. He often came here and one day he learned that Fondfroide was for sale and especially that a rich American was on the verge of dismantling the cloister and reassembling it in the United States. And when he found out about that, he really couldn’t, he couldn’t let that happen. So he decided to buy Fondfroide at that time, to restore it and make it not only a place to live but a place to welcome artists, and even today, we continue to welcome artists. I want to sniff everything. Yeah, it smells good. [Music] It’s sublime. [Music] [Music] Oh my, what a volume. Impressive. Yeah, it’s crazy. How many monks were there here? There were up to 300 monks. So there were lay brothers and monks. Lay brothers. So the Lay Brothers were actually monks who had the right to leave the abay to the lands that were outside, and the monks stayed within the abay. The difference was in the Latin. Those who knew how to speak Latin, understand Latin, were the monks, and the lay brothers who didn’t speak Latin were outside. There you go. So here, well, we are in the dining room, it’s the former refectory of the monks and then it became Gustave Faillet’s dining room and also the family dining room. I have a lot of childhood memories with my great-grandparents who came here in the summer and large family meals around this table. There you go, I have childhood memories , really very, very beautiful memories. And what is it like to grow up in this setting? At that age, what do you think? We’re not really aware of it, in fact, here in Font-Colde, we received exceptional personalities. We received here the Queen Mother of England, who was the mother of Elizabeth II of England. Oh yes, I wanted to show you this magazine from that time. Oh yes, indeed. And there you go. And so I was lucky enough to be photographed next to her. It’s true. Between me. There you go. Well, I’m here, you see the little 12-year-old boy with his little bow tie. Oh dear. There you go. I’ve changed a little. Ah, you really were on Sunday, but at the same time, the circumstances, so that’s your whole family, here’s the whole family gathered, so to be able to receive the Queen Mother of England, who also had lunch at this table. So if I understand correctly, you have to be a crowned head to wear a butterfly. I’m coming, I don’t even have a tie. There you go. Or that I’m 12 years old because since I was 12, I haven’t had a single butterfly. [Music] What’s that piano we hear? It’s an artist rehearsing for the concert that ‘s going to take place in a few days as part of a festival we’re organizing. So you often do cultural events like that. Yes, regularly. So, we have concerts or even artists who come in residence. [Music] So, we arrive in front of the library. This tent is original. H Ah, you actually have two keys. Oh yes, there it is in front of a safe and not just any key . I have four in total. [Music] Oh there, we’re changing the atmosphere again. There, it’s very subdued there. Nothing like what we’ve seen so far. Yeah, obviously, it’s not the monks’ library because when the monks left, they took everything with them. The last community, a large part, I think, of the books disappeared at the time of the revolution. And that’s really the library that was created by Gustave Fayet. He was the one who thought of it and he was also the one who asked his friend Audy Lon Redon to decorate each side of the library day and night. At the beginning of his career as a painter, he was working on black. Yes. Dark. That’s it. Essentially. And then one day, he discovered, you could say it like that, color and he never left it again. Separated. There you go. And so here, we really see the two sides of this artist. Both the black, the night, and the light, the color, the day. I sense you’re very admiring of what your aï accomplished. Obviously, since he was a complete man, he was both a winemaker like me. But at the same time, he was a businessman too, and at the same time, he was a collector, and at the same time, he was an artist, and at the same time, he bought Fond Colée, he renovated Fond Colée. There you go, obviously, he’s someone you can only admire. Well, hats off, frankly, I expected to have a beautiful place, but I was captivated by so many things here, and I didn’t expect to be so surprised and amazed by this place. Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, the castles of Qatar are enough to make your head spin. After seeing the Archbishop of Narbonne pass by, the Château de Viller-ouge Terménèes welcomes new visitors who have come to go back in time. There you go. There you go. A little salt for this guy, salt for this guy, Madame Catherine. In this medieval restaurant, we feast, we feast, and we dress like in the Middle Ages. You have the costumes, my lord, or or of the Archbishop of Narbonne. Thank you. Ah, perfect. People have entered my world as much in terms of the costumes as in the meals. They are, they are happy, they are satisfied. Often people say that they have forgotten themselves and that they were really in the 13th and 14th centuries. They forgot that they had a costume, they forgot that they had a headdress. They have really entered into the concept. And the dish is for the bones. No, the waters are thrown away. Do we still have a little vinasce there? At the archbishop’s table, the coquelé. Yes. You, serve the cocolet by the two layers. Take it, take your little sauce next to it. There you go. You’re going to skin it, you’re going to dip it in and put it in your mouth. Once you slice it, he makes sure it’s well soaked so you can eat it afterwards. With pleasure. It’s very good. It was with his wife that Thierry set up this unique restaurant . Madame Gertrude, the ramed pie for table 4. So there you go, ram’s turn. Thank you, Madame Gertrude. Here, we have the meat pie that was served during banquet meals, which was in a pie of course and was served with salad, the little verju sauce with it and which we ate with our fingers. This was very popular during the Middle Ages to find these recipes, we were inspired by the Talvent kitchen lights, the Parisian household appliances and then we did some research on spices. There were a lot of them in the Middle Ages. It was a sign of wealth for them. So with today’s tastes, we had to reduce them. So we only use 10 to 15% spices, otherwise it would be unmanageable for us. When the town hall offered the couple to take over the castle restaurant, Thierry wanted to dive into the medieval world that was previously unknown to him. The first time I came here, I was attracted by the atmosphere, by these stones. That’s it, I was attracted, it gives me strength, it gives me positive energy and since then I live and sleep for the Middle Ages. In the region, Thierry is not the only one to indulge in the passion for the medieval. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city of Carcasson has preserved its 3 km of ramparts, its 52 towers, and its knight. My costumes are my life because, in fact, I stopped wearing classic clothes; I only wear my costumes. Today, it’s hot, no leather. Well, no leather. We’ll take the Caria Atelier armor for the children of knighthood. Before, I used to use scrap metal, but 15 kg is too much. Obviously, in the Middle Ages, there were no pockets. So, they invented the removable pocket. And obviously, a knight without his jump is not a knight. And then, as a knight of Carcasson, here on my jump, I engraved a little knight. Now that I’ve installed my pockets, well, I’ll be able to take my illuminated box, a bypassable one in this world and then it’s ready. Direction the city. [Music] Artist and fervent defender of medieval culture, Gwen gives sword fighting lessons to young visitors to the city. When you have your elbows bent, with one finger, it ends up in the head. Whereas if you have your arms a little straighter, your arms stretched out, well then, I can hit and even hit hard. She takes it more in the head. Knight with the young knight. Come here. And from and two on the other side and three down. I’m a pitarpant. You just have to see how I dress every day . There’s a side to it, though, I’ve fallen back into childhood except that as an artist, well, I can live it well. And when people understand that I’m an artist, well, right away it goes well. Come here in front of me, knights and knights. That’s my favorite moment, when I get hit. Luckily, I’ve been. Look at the assault. Come on. Ah, I’m a hidden steak. It was funny to attack him, but he’s still strong. By Saint-Michel and by Saint-Denis. I, Gwen, knight of Carcasson, make you a knight. Rise up, knight Elric. After working for various medieval festivals across France, Gwen wanted to settle in Carcasson, the perfect place to share her passion with the public. The goal of dressing as a knight is to bring back the living. Beautiful stones are magnificent. But if we don’t bring back the living, the character, the dream, then something is missing from the magic of such a city. Every year, knightly combats also punctuate the life of the city. A great way to maintain the region’s medieval heritage so that it doesn’t fall into oblivion. of and of [Applause] [Music] [Music] Well, it’s very beautiful here. You see, Jérôme, I didn’t want you to leave our beautiful territory without bringing you here. It’s an incredible spot. We’re at the tents of Les Rolles. It’s a place that’s close to my heart, and I don’t think there are words to describe it. No, especially with this falling light. So, I have a little surprise. Ah, drum roll. I didn’t want you to leave without trying the Occitan galette. Oh, pretty with the cross. So it’s a typical Côte du Midi cake. There you go. So I suggest we go and crack it. Okay. Eat it. We’ll find a little spot. We can go that way if you want. Yeah, if you want. Yeah. Very well. Very well. And we won’t mind if it’s a Côte du Midi cake that we eat in the evening. No, it’s fine. Okay, it’s fine. It’ll be very good. [Music] We’ll sit down. It works. Small improvised table. Do you particularly like coming to this place? Yeah, it’s a place that speaks to me. It’s very revitalizing. Hm. And uh, I used to go there with my grandfather too. Uh, Grandpa was a bit of an ambassador for his region. Hm. And uh, so he took me to these places that are a bit unusual, a bit not secret but intimate. Hm. It’s true that it exudes a lot of serenity, it’s a Zen place. And you hear you hear no. Yeah. The pot of cake that’s already starting to Yeah. asked for. I think it’s cracking so I think we’ll bite into it. I think we ‘ll attack me. Come on, you crack it. Yeah, like that. It’s a shortcrust pastry. What is it then? It’s a pure butter pastry. Yeah. With pine nuts, almonds. You have almond. [Music] No, there’s a little taste after the crunch, there’s a little bitterness. In fact, you know what? I know what’s in it that actually gives the bitter orange flavor. The bitter orange is actually a cousin of the orange. So it’s a citrus fruit that’s more bitter than the orange and that will give this flavor to an Occitan galette. OK. [Music] Jérôme, you told me I didn’t know this area. Yeah, it’s true that I’d never been to the region, but I didn’t imagine that there was already the omnipresence of water here. So, obviously, there’s the Mediterranean, I knew that, but that there were so many expanses of lagoon, marshes and as it’s a protected area too, that’s something that I really like. And what I really liked was feeling that people like you, whom I often call ambassadors, uh so in your own way each of you, you have this desire perhaps more than elsewhere to say “Hey, here, come because we have lots of assets and there are lots of pretty things to see here.” And it’s like Nénette, I don’t know if you know the manade your Nobel. So there you have Nénette Audrey all the people of the manade there and it’s the same here very much want to pass on this culture and then they live in a totally natural protected area and that too is quite rare. I ‘m delighted. I’m going to bring this perspective here different from a family tradition because I was born here my parents, my grandparents but with such an open outlook on the world. Another big thank you, Franck. I beg you for really sharing your enthusiasm for your region and I hope that you enjoyed, as I did, this Narbonnetis region, this southern region, the southern coast. And I also thank all those who helped us prepare this wonderful program. See you soon for new beautiful escapes to other faraway lands. You can watch this show again in replay or follow the behind the scenes of our filming on social networks and, as we say here, see you soon. See you soon. Bye bye. See you soon. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause]