Day 9 Carcassone

After two days in Provence we packed our bags and continued west to Carcassone.  Our first stop was Aigues-Mortes a medieval city.  Aigues-Mortes is surrounded by a salt marsh where today salt continues to be extracted and processed.

Back on the motor coach we headed to Carcassonne and made a lunch stop at a road side cafeteria.   Today I tried cassoulet, a duck and  bean stew popular in this region. It was very good and tasty.  Must be the sea salts from this area!











Onward to Carcassone where we spent the afternoon in Medival Carcassonne a 13th century city of towers, turrets, and lots of narrow cobblestone streets.  The fortress was incredible and looking out over the city it was mind blowing to think that over 700 years ago battles occured with men fighting with arrows and swords as troops tried to storm the fortress.  We had free time to walk the inner city of Carcassonne.  Some of the kids walked through a haunted house.  No specific sightings of ghosts but a cold chilly feeling could be felt.

Group dinner after the Medieval city.

After checking into the hotel some of us went to do some laundry at a local laundrymat.  While we walked a distance to get there, the prize was the evening walk back when the fortress was lit up and the sun was setting.

Friday we are off to Bordeaux!