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Carcassonne, hey hola Felix et Denis!
... ha Dorien va a Madrid en auto mardi! ben coudont lets go, jva a madrid!Mega bouffe qui nous attend, wow on est traiter comme des rois, on mange et on boit! oh Attention au jambon!!! jpense quon sest toute peter la tete apres ce foutu jambon accrocher au plafond lol! apres un nombre inombrable de bouteilles de vin, oufff il sort le fort et les shooter! jai comme un feeling que ca va finir tard, cette soiree la!
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The Mighty Pyrenees
... carpark it was minus 1.5 degrees so we decided not to climb to the top. It was freezing. Snow had fallen all along the roadside creating a postcard scene.
We then began a huge loop driving back towards the flatlands to the pretty village of Mirepoix and then the town of Foix and then the gorgeous village of Tarascon with its town clock perched on the hill overlooking the ...
Carcassonne Medieval City
... walls, not like the walled cities of Segovia, Avila or Toledo. We were immediately met by 5 guys in medieval dress who put on a mock swordfight and axe fight for the audience. It was freezing though, so we took refuge in the cathedral and were entertained by 4 singers chanting like monks who then plugged their CD. It was beautiful just ...
Exploring the Chateaus
This morning we headed first to Gorges de Galamus, a particularly scenic gorge. The road narrowed so much that only one car could pass in many areas and the cliff hung over the road. It was incredible but a bit nerve racking. We stopped at L'Ermitage which is where a chapel and grotto is set in the middle of a cliff face. It took us about 20 minutes to walk down to it, and ...
Country Roads of France
We caught the bus from Barcelona to Perpignan in France where we picked up our car to begin the next stage of our holiday - to drive the country roads of south France. So once we managed to find our way out of the carpark and then had 4 attempts to get on to the right motorway, we were off. And the country scenery was beautiful - stunning mountain ranges and cliff faces with castles perched on top of them and ...