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Isn't that Rod Serling in the back of the bus?
In our continued quest for warmth, we set our sights on the French Riviera and the northern coast of Italy. But the earth being what it is, there is quite a bit of distance between San Sebastien and Nice. So, while looking at some random notes I'd made back in Redmond while researching this trip, I came across the French town name Carcassonne.
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Carcassonne, hey hola Felix et Denis!
... des bonnes choses la! je regarde les photos quon a prit, hiiiii my god, cest pas toute beau! hahaha mais cest tellement drole!!!
bon aujourdhui, on va visiter les chateaux de Catar. des vieux chateau en ruine, qui sont pas tres loin dici! oh petit malaise de felix dans l auto, yen a meme la main qui bouge plus lol, ca va pas ben, ca finit par passer lol, on a bien rit de lui :P sans rancune;
on monte la mega montagne, jaurais aimer ...
The Mighty Pyrenees
Our temperature control this morning was 3.5 degrees so we rugged up as we were heading into the mountains. There was a light snow falling already. We stopped first at Puivert, a gorgeous village in the hills and then drove further into the mountains to visit Chateau de Montsegur which is where the last Cathars were defeated and 220 were burnt at the stake in the 1200s. When we ...
Carcassonne Medieval City
Yesterday we were walking around inT shirts - today it is raining, windy and very cold. Our destination was Carcassonne - a walled medieval city. On arrival, we were struck by how perfectly intact the walls and structure was but on entering, we realised that it had been turned into a tourist venue with shops and restaurants. Noone lives within ...
Exploring the Chateaus
... that it was closed and the access into the gorge tunnel was also closed so this was a disappointment. We continued on to Chateau de Peyrepertuse which is a ruined castle/fortress that sits perched 800 metres up on a sheer rocky ridge. We climbed as far as we could go in the car and then had to climb the rest of the way across very rocky terrain but when we got to thetop, it ...