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Pre dinner drinks outside the Chateau Chambre Lucie Chambre Auguste Chambre Pauline

Chateau d'Agel Minervois

41 Rue de la Fontaine Minervois, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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Storming the Castle

A travel blog entry by dyer0930

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Happy birthday to T, whose birthday always seems to fall in some spectacular far off place.

On Wednesday, we woke up in Carcassonne, thrilled at the prospect of no driving! We simply got loaded up and walked across the street (and UP the hill) with the BOB stroller to the Walled City.

Since we had walked around the night before (and to be honest, there weren't too many more people there in the light of day!), ...

Road Trippin'

A travel blog entry by dyer0930

... Asian hawker centre, something we've never seen the like of in Europe. Some of the vendors were closed (presumably due to mid-week in the "off season.") But there were a couple fromageries, a couple charcruteries, a boulangerie, a shelfish/seafood vendor, and a florist, but there were also several vendors hawking (if I may) hot food lunches and sandwiches and there was even a bar. I got a 1/4 rotisserie chicken and the most ...

Magnifique visiteurs a Lagrasse

A travel blog entry by the_hoffs

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... Inclement weather and a flood warning kept us indoors for most of their visit but the skies managed to clear for an afternoon boat trip on the Canal du Midi and a visit to the quaint Cathar town of Minerve (which Simon de Montfort laid siege to in the 13th century).

The weather wasn’t much better for Janine’s brother Stuart and his girlfriend Lou’s stay but they seemed ...

Life in Lagrasse

A travel blog entry by the_hoffs

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... intimidating sight when you’re simply out for a leisurely stroll; you can’t help but hope that their aim is true and a stray projectile isn’t going to end up coming your way.

It was also during this time that we cemented our relationship with Cherie FM – a radio station which we first encountered in Provence and was our regular driving companion until leaving France; it maintains ...

Canal du Midi cruise

A travel blog entry by brianc

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... towards La Redorte. We learned many things about the history of the canal with which I will not bore the reader here except to say that it was a major engineering feat of its time. It was also very pretty. The banks were lined with tall plane trees whose strong roots held the banks together and also acted as a mooring for the many rented and privately owned boats. We passed through just one lock. On the upward leg we had to wait some ...

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