The third day was supposed to be the most difficult of the hike, so I decided to take the van to Bellver de Cerdanya, and Julie and Peter opted to go with me. Bellver de Cerdanya is in a major valley, with good farmland, in the Pyrenees, which differs from the Alps in having many fertile valleys. (The Cathars at one point had destroyed one of the orthodox churches in the area, which suggests that the area was strongly pro-Cathar.)
