Biking The Forgotten Canal Du Midi: Day 1

Our 5-day bike trip took us across this troubled but spectacular monument.

King Louis XIV’s desire to embrace projects of grandeur in the 17^th century left a legacy in France that includes the Chateau de Versailles and the Canal du Midi. Three centuries later, the two monuments have taken very different paths. Readers have no doubt heard of the first, but much less likely the second. Versailles remains a gleaming if garish jew…