The weather has changed since we arrived here. Cooler, cloudy and a bit of rain. We are now wearing most of our clothes including rain jackets. This town is amazing, the cathedral and the episcopal palace are UNESCO world heritage sites so that brings lots of tourists to town. We have been around the Cathedral Sainte-Cecile a couple of times, inside and out. It is a massive brick structure with huge towers and bells that ring the hours. The interior is totally painted, much of it in dark colours, giving a sombre atmosphere. Wendy was fascinated with the huge 15th century painting of the “Last Judgement”. We also visited the Choir of the cathedral, where the choir screen is considered to be some of the finest surviving sculptured medieval carvings (all angels and bishops).
We visited the formal gardens of the bishop’s palace (now contains the Toulouse-Lautrec gallery). We will see that later but the gardens are beautiful especially with the view across the River Tarn. The site now belongs to the city of Albi and the Tarn Department.
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