Les Bergeries de Ponderach
Travel Blogs from Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres
Carcassonne, hey hola Felix et Denis!
... ben environ, cest qui me manque un peu la fin de veiller! lol une chance que ya des photos pour nous rafrachir la memoire, inquietez vous pas les boys je les mettrai pas toute lol;
Lundi, oufff yen aura pas de facile, mais celle la cetait une bonne! my god! qq1 vient varger dans la porte pour me reveiller! ye quel heure la? 12h30!!! *****!!! ye dont ben tard! on sarrache la vie, mange un petit truc! merci mathieu, oufff on a un ...
Cycling the Canal du Midi
... became a stronghold of Occitan Cathars who were branded as heretics and subjected to the ultimate catharsis at the point of a sword in the a papal-backed Albigensian Crusade. In 1209 the town was captured by the Crusaders and thereafter became a bastion of the French kings against the Spanish Kingdom of Aragon. As the town expanded across the river in the 17th Century the old fortified cité fell into disrepair, but was restored in the late 19th ...
Lock the dungeons, we're off exploring!
Today we visited the historic city of Carcassonne.
Driving towards the city, you can see the wind turbines spinning furiously.
Some people utterly detest these, but actually I think that they have a super
out-of-space look about them!
The old city of Carcassonne is absolutely
fantastic for all you young explorers. Weaving up through the tiny cobbled
streets inside the city ...
Played the boardgame and now we're here! Caroline
... it was magical.We were conned by the vast numbers of chocolatier shops selling their own hand made and crafted chocolates. They looked fabulous. So I spent some time selecting my "chocolate of choice" to find that I'd paid $20 for what some may describe as cooking chocolate. We are still making our way through it a week later. During the visit we saw people walking along the city walls and spent a long time working out how to get there. Of course there was a ...
Tan top up (or going lobster in my case...)
... and
patisserie windows really does just blow you away.
We settled down for a scrumptious coffee
to kick the morning off to a great start. Even in the early morning, the sun
was up bright and early and there was a delightful sea breeze. If you are lucky
enough to catch such a beautiful time of day, my advice is to close your eyes,
take a deep breath, and soak up the splendid moment. It is rare ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free parking
- Pets allowed