le-puy-en-velay: a stunning 6th century town paved in the kind of cobblestone i'd challenge you to find at the Home Depot. it also happens to be the trailhead for my trek and stars as attractions the usual suspects: town square, tall stone walls, tudor-style houses and the quintessential ancient cathedral. strangely though, the cathedral centrepiece is a black virgin mary: who knew?
as i strolled around exploring impossibly narrow and winding streets, i spotted a car lurching around a very tight corner, then bunny-hopping to a stop: the driver - who didn't even sport enough peach fuzz to respectably call it a beard - was visibly concerned with the geometry of his car in relation to the corner. easing it into reverse, he inched backwards, glanced across his shoulder? then somehow hit the gas. the midieval wall clearly weighed in as the victor in that battle. with a few chunks of history strewn on the ground and an entire bumper freed of its daddy, i'd say the dude definitely flunked that geometry class.
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