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Carcassonne, hey hola Felix et Denis!
... redescend vers la gare, benben vient nous chercher avec son ami Mathieu! On se rend donc chez Mathieu, dans le fin fond des bois! mais tsé quand tu dis creux la, ben cetait creux! le gars a un vignoble ici, cest genial! sa maison date des annees 1700 qqc, on sarrete a sa cave a vin prendre qqls bouteilles et faire une ptite degustations de ce quil a dans ses cuves; cool! arrive a la maison, on fait connaissance avec sa copine et deux autres amis ...
Cycling the Canal du Midi
... themed on plastic swords and armour) and bars to deal with the teeming tourists who crowded and queued in its narrow streets on a sunny day when temperatures reached 45.5oC.
On the go
Next day was just as sunny, and leaving our luggage for collection we cycled back up to the railway station and turned onto the towpath heading down the Canal du Midi. It’s easy riding, no difficult gradients, a surface of gravel or compacted earth but with plenty ...
Albi and Albigensians
... It has an austere exterior but the interior is sumptuous, of course. The central section is separated by intricate, filigree stone work and the high, vaulted ceiling is decorated with Renaissance paintings with a dominance of beautiful, rich blue hues. These are circled by side chapels separated by brick buttresses. Just nearby, is the Bishop's Palace, also built as a fortress and now the museum of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, a native of Albi, that ...
Lock the dungeons, we're off exploring!
... at how the castle came to be constructed, and the model of the castle's surroundings to really put it all in perspective. Finish off this amazing castle tour with a stunning display of rock carvings made from *************'t forget to also read about each one! Not only is the castle tour fun, educational and entertaining (especcially for the kids!), but it is also bizarre to think that people used to ...
Played the boardgame and now we're here! Caroline
Carcasonne is a medievil city surrounded by city walls , which the boys have heard of as they play the "boardgame" on the iPad. Our first view of it was yesterday when we drove up in the dark and the whole medievil city was lite up. Today walking up to the city gave great views, and then entering the city is picturesque with lots of shops and houses within the city walls. We were lucky enough to arrive at the cathedral when a visiting Quartet from Russia got up ...