Ibis Carcassonne Centre

... walked... 1 hour later we were so close to the hotel that we just walked the rest of the way... it was about 5 km... not bad!!! <br>We got to the hotel and they let us check in right away (9am), it was sweet... we checked in and then walked to the medival city (that we passed but couldn't see in the fog), the city was about a kilometer away, we walked up to it and WOW, thats all &gt;I can say... if you are ever in the South of France or passing through, you NEED to go there ...

... hour we realized we probably could attempt to just walk the entire way. Finally after walking for about 5 km we found our hotel! YAY!! It wasn't bad at all actually, I guess we're getting in the mode of backpacking! So once we got there it was about 9:30 and they let us check into our room right away! It was awesome! We didn't have to worry about waiting around with our bags until 2 or so when a normal check in time is. We got settled a little and then ...

... an ever changing display. So faint, it made me blink to make sure I was focused properly. <br><br>Without a view, the triumph was short lived and we ate a soggy lunch in a drippy shelter. I highly recommend eating breakfast before attempting a climb of that sort in the future. <br><br>The long descent into Foix that I had been anticipating as a great reward for the climb was now dreaded a bit. Cold and wet, wind-chill and ...

... her to eat when she returns. We chatted at the table until it was time to figure out where we were off to next. Conrad worked on printing maps for where we were to go in Barcelona while I worked on yesterday's blog entry to upload later. <br><br>We left at noon. I think that both of us wished that we could have stayed another day. That has seemed to be the case at ...

... toilets I have ever seen. There were two 'cubicles&#8217; and they were those ones that clean themselves after every use, I use the term &#8216;clean&#8217; VERY loosely! The cubicle on the right was broken and the cleaning shower was on continuously. The cubicle on the left stunk, had scum all over the seat, bowl and back of the toilet, and there was no toilet paper. The floor was wet and sticky thanks to the cleaning process. I was second to go in our group, armed with tissues ...

... the bus station (actually no station, just parking spots for the buses). There are a few interesting sites I wanted to see so I search for the Tourist Office to grab a map thinking I might have to take my big pack with me for the next hour. I go to the office of the bus service to get some info. Long line so I decide to leave my bag there while I find the tourist service. The office is hard to find and aways away. I end up spending 30 minutes touring the sites. I return to ...

... which claimed to have 50,000 2nd hand books for sale. We wandered around inside the cavernous building thinking how much Monty (Cesca's sister's partner) would enjoy it being a book collector himself. There were old comics, paintings, 1st editions and whole collections for sale on every topic and in almost every language. After an afternoon snooze we cooked dinner and ate outside enjoying the warm evening. 7th May - Le Someil to Narbonne Today we powered through the rest of the ...

... tara adica, este un nivel mai sus pe categoria vinurilor decat vinul de masa (adica "no name, low alcohol" - pe la unii de pe la originile noastre cred ca-i zice "vin de nylon"). Astia, francezii, au tot felul de reguli si standarde in producerea vinului, nimic nu-i intamplator: denumiri, clasificari, sticle, etichete, retete, metode, ustensile, struguri si cate si mai cate. Vin de table este cel mai lax in regulatii, cu cat mai sus, cu atat ...