Arcantis Hotel Bristol Carcassonne

... we bought dinner and wine and had a nice quite dinner in the hotel... <br>In the morning we went back to the city and took and Horse drawn carriage ride around the medival city, it was beautiful... and so was the weather!! later we walked back to the hotel, got our bags and headed back to the train station... oh, KB did some Luandry first, she finally smells nice... lol... just jokin, she smells fine! <br>From Carcassonne, we are going to Venice... talk to you then!<br><br>LW

... We went to Casino (no mom it wasn't actually a Casino it was the name of the grocery store) and bought some things for dinner including a bottle of wine. <br>In the morning we woke up and got all packed and ready to go. The staff at the hotel were super nice and let us leave our bags with them so we could go to the medeival city for the morning before heading back into town. So we headed back to the city and this time took a horse drawn wagon ride around ...

Leaving Las Laous today was *************e was soo sad that even the mountains were crying. Grey cloud filled the valley and the moisture poured from the sky. <br><br>At the end of the lane was our road towards Foix announcing the rise to the Col de Peguere. Not as well known as the Col de Port, but much higher. We would leave 947m and rise to 1375m in a mere 3.5km. That means that for every 10m we rode forward, we would be ...

Conrad was up at 8:30 am to start the pancakes. I had woken at 6:30 am for my usual bathroom trip, and I noticed how absolutely quiet it was here. It was very nice. I rolled out of bed at 9 am. We all had a pirate pancake breakfast. It was Claude, his wife, one of his daughters, and us. The other daughter had gone to a slumber party the night before. Conrad made a pancake ...

Sunday August 23rd &#8211; We arrived at the old town of Carcassone at about 4:30pm and we had a couple of hours to wander around and explore the place. Carcassone is a town within the walls of an old fortress built in the first century BC which was restored in the 1800's and turned into a bustling tourist town. <br><br>Our first stop was the toilets as there were a few of us needing to use the amenities. We really wished that we didn&#8217;t need to. These were possibly the most ...

My attempts to speak French are poor. I remember a few phrases but then get lost totally when it moves into a discussion. <br><br>Old lady takes a seat at the bus stop. She talks to me in French. I indicate I don't know what she is saying. She tries a couple more times and has that expression of "Foreigner!". I eventually catch her saying that I only speak English. I then say that I speak some Spanish. It turns out she is from Girona where I was just a couple of nights earlier ...

... to get a full scholarship. Edward, who is about to turn 9 is looking forward to next year when his mom said he could get a dog when he turns 10. He LOVED JoJo, Ross' dog when they visited. And Katie is six. We had a great connection when she visited California. I helped her learn how to swim and she can't wait until I can visit so that I can braid her hair. The next day, we met up with Tom and Sheena again who took us on a tour of the towns up in the hills behind Antibes. We visited ...

... its been fortified for so long, you can see for miles. I could imagine the Roman soldiers looking out of their distinctively shaped towers, munching on their olives and flapping around in their sandals. Also I could sense the French soldiers lurking overhead, waiting to drop rocks and fire arrows down on their unsuspecting enemies trying to sneak in under their feet. There is a great walk that takes you around the majority of the city walls and ...

... Ponts Naturels", overlooked by one remaining tower of the original 11th century castle and a large stone church from the same era which holds a marble altar that is purported to be dated to 456AD. You enter over a long narrow stone bridge, and the surrounding hilly countryside is covered in vineyards as the ground is stony and arid producing excellent fruity wine. Minerve was considered to be impregnable, and was occupied in the 13th century by the ...

... Guerlain and/or be educated in chemistry and learn to distinguish between 1500 and 2000 different smells. It takes about seven years to become a good nose. Truly a mélange of art and science with glorious outcomes. We were also wooed into the culture of the marathon lunch. Who would resist 2-3 hours with good company and good food? There is no commerce to participate in through the middle of the day other than food consumption so why ...