Carcassonne

Sun 23rd Feb 2014

Good night’s sleep again and got up to a lovely sunny day. We walked around La Mée and left a note on the door “Thank you from The Aussie’s” The winery was beautiful where we had stayed but everywhere you looked there was so much work that had been started and not finished so it was all in such a mesh! A really great place for a photo shoot (see Jess’s Blog) We set off for La Cite of Carcassonne which was just down the road. It is a walled city dating as far back as 118BC and the Romans and was involved continuously in different wars and crusades. This was another stunning site as you approached it and spent most of the day wandering and absorbing everything. We stopped for Crepes and coffee before going into the Abbey. Within these walls were many shops, restaurants and Hotels and many lolly shops that Jess loved. Heading off into The Pyrenees with stunning views and through medieval towns and through a tunnel (2.6klms). Headed South via Foix and then onto Ax Les Themes our stop for the night. 36E for the night! Expensive as it is high season (holidays here in France at the moment) but views of the snow-capped mountains. We went on a short walk into the town, a lot of people here have been skiing as there is a cable car up to the slopes. There were many cars coming down from the mountains causing traffic jams in the town. Back to Priscilla to sort water/toilet/waste/electricity etc. Cooked dinner and Jess & I gave up with the Wi-Fi!!!! Bloody technology!!!! Andorra awaits tomorrow and hopefully Spain to see Jane J

Carcassonne - WOW!!!!!

Look at the snow capped mountains!!!!!

Jess in lolly heaven

Ax Le Thermes