This region of the Midi-Pyrenees is known for its duck. Each restaurant (lunch and dinner) serves its own versions, beginning with a foie gras appetizer and continuing on with baked, broiled, roasted and otherwise prepared cannard. Even my gourmand companions were “ducked out” after 3 days.
Not being a foodie or meat eater, the amount of meat and the sheer volume of food soon became disgusting to me (desgustion is the French word for digestion, I think, or maybe just eating). A typical lunch: red wine and bread, salad and salmon quiche, foie gras, beef, potatoes au gratin, small onions in beet sauce, fondant au chocolat, coffee.
Five hours a day (or more) were spent sitting at a dining table. Enough! This is not to say that the experiences of eating on a barge, in a cave, in ancient vaulted-arched rooms or on cobblestone sidewalks were not enjoyable. Quite the contrary, and the regional wine was always delicious. And, of course, it is important to note that the French are slender despite their obsession with and love of fine food.
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