Les Chroniques de Walker

Scenes from Lavaur

Reuben Walker Jr. 24 March 2026

Home with blue shutters and doors in Lavaur, France

We're settled into our home in Lavaur and have concluded most of our paperwork. And Athena's.

So, I thought it was time to share some images. They are of our three month rental, Lavaur's center, a nearby church, and the river that runs through town.

Our house

View of French countryside in Lavaur — View from carport

View of French countryside in Lavaur — View from front deck

View of French countryside in Lavaur — View from petanque court

View of drive and carport and car — View of drive and carport

View of yard and pool — View of front yard and pool

Laura and Reuben on deck

Athena a yellow lab on a bed — Athena chillin

Dog with duck toy in mouth — Athena with un canard

Boxes on deck — Shipping aftermath

Peugot in carport — Our rental Peugot

Yellow lab in French kitchen — Athena watching Reuben cook

Yellow lab in French kitchen — Giving up on getting anything

Yellow lab with toy — "Play with me instead!"

Long-haired cat — The house cat

Lavaur center

Dog outside a vet office — Athena eyeing the veterinarian door

Old timbered two story home — Timbered home with brick not stucco

Two story home — Older home

Cobbled street with drain in middle and two story houses — Side street

Little beers at Le Cristel cafe

View looking out from the back of the cafe

Main roundabout downtown

Walking around town (side street near bridge)

Roadside landscaping

Flowers

Nice intown home

Athena outside of the 2nd of 2 pet supply stores we have visited in town..

Saturday market from across the street

Reuben beside a map of the town pointing to our house

Notre Dame du Pech

Notre Dame du Pech exterior — Notre Dame du Pech

Notre Dame du Pech gardens with statue of Our Lady — Grounds

Path in woods — Path to gardens

Notre Dame du Pech exterior — Back with covered activity space

Notre Dame du Pech exterior — Front

Field with flowers — Former garden

Notre Dame du Pech exterior — View of squat turret

Notre Dame du Pech yard — Churchyard

Plowed fields — View of fields toward our house

View of town over hedgerow — View of Lavaur

View of town over field — Better view of Lavaur

The river in Lavaur center

Bridge over river on the city limits of Lavaur

View from Lavaur bridge — View from bridge

Lavaur bridge — Bridge from a different angle

Path to riverside — Walking path alongside the river

Park near the Lavaur Cathedral with upward view from river — The town is built above the river

Buildings across a river — Buildings on the other side of the river

River spillway — Spillway near generator

Cistern — Cistern with a sign specifying the water is non-potable

Reuben and Athena by the river

Cathedral above the river