After departing the lovely La Ferme de la Rose, we decided to spend a few days in Carcassone en route to our next HelpX in the Pyrenees. Carcassone is a walled medieval city, dating back over 1000 years. The wall used to encompass the city back in the day, but now mainly houses restaurants, hotels and souvenir shops. All of the medieval-themed touristy shops are a bit tacky and tiresome after a while, but it was amazing to picture how the city would have looked back in its hey-day hundreds of years ago. We also enjoyed the abundance of restaurants in the area, trying the local speciality of duck and pork cassoulet! It was a lovely way to spend a weekend! Our next stay is in a town called Argein, in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
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