24 - 25 November 2015
We only stayed in Carcassonne for a night, but it was long enough to visit the walled city :-)
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| The pedestrian-only bridge with the walled city in the background |
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| The old city perches on top of the hill |
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| Obligatory panorama shot |
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| Lots of turrets! And the woman who guards the entrance |
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| Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille singlehandedly campaigned to save and restore the castle in the 19th century |
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| A close up of the detail around the base of the sculpture |
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| More turrets! |
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| Unfortunately we didn't have time to eat cassoulet, but the recipe looks good. The white bits are beans, but I don't know if they're still good to eat. If you want a picture big enough to read, let me know. |
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| View from a window! |
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| The rooftops (and grimy walls) |
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| Another window view |
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| Old bits |
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| Sculpture of the old city - entrance way, castle, church (the bits that look bare are currently filled with tourist shops selling medieval costumes, and restaurants) |
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| The rows of bits poking out of the wall is where there used to be another floor |
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| The church in the background |
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| Renovations. Due to this work, it was super complicated to get onto the ramparts and into the castle. Every time we spoke to someone they sent us to a different part of the city :-) |
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| I love that they have horses in the diagrams |
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| I think it's definitely more enjoyable on a sunny day |
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| And of course a castle wouldn't be complete without a spiral staircase |
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| Look out over (a restaurant and) the modern city |
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| And more of the modern city down below |
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| Weapons hidden around corners |
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| Partially restored mural |
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| Without much interpretation it was hard to really understand where these bits and pieces came from. They were salvaged from other parts of the city, but that's all I know. |
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| More stone carvings from somewhere else |
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| And the game that we played for the first time a few nights earlier! |
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| Oh look, it's Finn and me! |
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| Another view of the city from above. It looks like toy houses! |
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| The river |
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| Christmas is getting closer... fake snow on the rooftops of the cabins being set up for December Christmas markets |
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| ... and the fountain being decorated with fake ice. We WILL have a white Christmas! |
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| Watching this slide being set up provided me with a morning of entertainment |
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| Especially watching the men crawl up and down the slide with brooms, tools etc! |
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| Carcassonne, old and new |
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