“Why a duck? Why a no chicken?” (Chico Marx, The Cocoanuts)
The Millau Viaduct is the highest bridge in the world, and the tallest structure of any kind in France. It opened for traffic in 2005. It’s an amazing bit of engineering and good-looking to boot.
The Millau Viaduct, courtesy of Julian.
We had lunch at the rest stop/visitors’ center just north of the viaduct on our way to Lyon. The restaurant had an interesting wrap-type option called Capucins, based on the headdresses Capucin monks wore. A thick pancake batter is scooped into a mold and is baked in the shape of a cone. The cone is then filled with meat or other fillings. I got a Roquefort Capucin with lettuce, walnuts, and pear chutney. Julian got a roast beef one. We augmented the Capucins with gazpacho. Julian said in the southern US Capucins would be named after other conical headdresses: Ku Klux Kones.
Just a typical lunch on the road in southern France.
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