on to Avignon...
 The
one place Rosanne's father had insisted we go was Carcasonne.
He knew we were history buffs with a special interest
in medival Europe... Carcasonne is a walled town that's
pretty well preserved since it was rebuilt in the 13th
century after Edward the Black burnt it to the ground
chasing Cathars... |
|
 |
 |
On the way to the old city of Carcasonne, there's a fantastic mural spelling out the name of the town in an illustrated history...here the letter 'A'... and the letter 'O'. |
|
 |
From a distance it's like a fairytale castle... |
The riverside beside the town... |
The castle defenses from beneath. |
| The bridge to the inner castle... nothing in sight from this century... we lay down on the grass here and revelled in it... |  |