Blogs from Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe - page 9

Aujourd'hui c'est le grand départ pour le retour à la maison mais avant nous allons visité un peu en France une belle ville qui n'était sur notre étinéraire. Carcasonne. Si un jour vous passez par le sur de la France il faut que vous alliez visiter ce château. C'est mon premier château alors pour moi il me parrait immense. C'est une cité médiévale alors avis à ceux qui aiment ce temps. Ce chateau possède 2 ramparts ce qui est très rare dans les cités. Avec si je me trompe pas 42 tours qui les accompagnent. Nous somme allées visiter une partie des ramparts que je crois que pour bien visité cette cité il faut minimum 2 jours il y a tant à voir. Donc je disais que nous avons visité une partie des ramparts avec un ... read more

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Geo: 43.341, 2.46664Less than 2 hours sleep. Returned from Jazz fest at 2:30 AM and others returned even later (kept me up). Changed trains in Hendaye. Awesome french pastries ... ham and cheese croissant, chocolatine , and a raisin bun. How many french pastries can I eat before butter oozes out of my pores???Speaking french has been challenging. What little I knew has been long forgotten. Met an old French lady on the train that speaks Spanish.I thought it would be cooler in France, but it's experiencing a heat wave with temps in the high 30's. Grabbed a meat pie walking to the old part of Carcassonne from the train station. Bought some very expensive cookies there (3€ for 4). The bad part? Not very good. Ultra touristy here, very pricey. It's like a mix of ... read more

Just kidding. It's been a while since our last blog, so there is much catching up to do. We are currently in a small village called Preixan that is within the Midieval city of Carcassone. SO AMAZING, but we'll get to that. One thing we forgot to mention in the Prague blog (it took my all not to spell that BLOGUE), was the daytrip we took to a concentration camp called Terezin. A ghetto turned workcamp turned death camp, and many sections have been newly converted into concrete hot dog stands. Weird. The place was also quite unkept-- meaning that we could have walked into any of the barracks and carved out names into them. It's nice to have the up close and interactive experience, but I doubt the important parts will be around in 5 ... read more

We say goodbye to Cannes and leave for Carsaconne. I wish we had stayed a bit longer here. I didn’t even get to the see the beach down the road. Ah well, maybe next time I’m in Europe eh? As I had stayed up last night uploading my blog I was very tired this morning. I slept 3 hours to Avignon where we had lunch. Avignon is a small town south of France. It is enclosed by fortress walls. There are cobblestone streets, the Palace of the Popes, lots of cafes, restaurants, and bakeries. Todd and I have lunch in a crepe café in a hidden street. It was delicious! Probably all that butter they cooked it up in! Still very filling and satisfying. We encountered our first stuck up French person there. After our meal ... read more