2013 Accidents could happen but villagers are always kind and helpful

2013

67. St-Benoit-du-Sault / 20 April

68. Auvillar / 21 April

69. Sarrant / 21 April

70. Lauzerte / 22 April

71. La Bastide-Clairence / 22 April

72. Ainhoa / 23 April

73. Sare / 22-23 April

74. St-Bertrande-de-Comminges / 23-24 April

75. St-Lizier / 25 April

76. Camon / 25 April

77. Villefranche-de-Conflent / 26 April

78. Evol / 26 April

79. Eus / 26 April

80. Lagrasse / 27 April

81. Minerve / 27 April

82. St-Guilhem-le-Desert / 28 April

83. La Couvertoirade / 28 April

84. Brousse-le-Chateau / 28-29 April

A serious accident occurred in the late afternoon.

Reiko slipped and fell down on the step stone slope entering the Chateau. She broke the wrist of right　arm and her face was injured. I was totally lost and panicked. However with the kind help of a French family who happened to pass by, ambulance was called to transport her to a nearby town 30km away called St Afrique where she had the provisional plastic cast of her arm and 9 stitches on her lips. I drove her back to Paris on the following day and she underwent an operation at the American Hospital on 1 May. It was the most serious accident in our journey.

While I respect the wish of the villagers to maintain the monument as close as the original form, a simple devise of installing the handrails on the wall could have avoided this accident. It is strongly recommended to consider to take such safety measures in order to help elderly people, peoples with physical difficulties or small children to enjoy the visit as a policy of the Association.

To celebrate our 50th anniversary of our marriage we had booked the cruising tour on Cristal Serenity from Istanbul to Barcelona from 17 to 30 May.

In the light of this accident, I thought of canceling the cruise to return to Japan for her medical treatment. Reiko insisted to carry on the cruise as planned despites the handicaps of broken arm and teeth and we finally decided to join the cruise. Cruise staff and passengers were so kind and we enjoyed the cruise thoroughly.

85. Montpeyroux / 24 July

86. St-Croix-en-Jarez / 25 July

87. St-Antoine-L'Abbaye / 25 July

88. La-Garde-Adhemar / 26 July

89. Seguret / 26 July

90. Montbrun-les-Bains / 27 July

91. Venasque / 28 July

92. La Roque-sur-Seze / 29 July

93. Aigueze / 29 July

94. Vogue / 29 July

95. Balazuc / 29 July

96. Pradelles / 30 July