We left our quaint b&b and headed out on our way to Carcassonne via the Tarn gorges. We spent the morning canoeing through the Tarn gorges on what we thought would be a calm and peaceful canoeing trip. We found out quickly that the canoe trip was "a difficult level" as we navigated our way through rocky rapids and beautiful scenery. We survived the trip only flipping our canoe twice and continued on the road to Carcassonne.
We stopped and ate lunch in a park in St. Affrique and then continued on the "scenic tour" toward Carcassonne. We arrived at our hotel one minute after check-in and received the worst instructions to find a hidden locker to retrieve our room keys. Nor were we told the key code to get into the locker once we finally found it! After we finally got into our rooms we headed off to the walled medieval portion of Carcassonne to have our first Cassoulet, a traditional white bean stew with duck and sausage.
The next day we explored the amazing castle at Carcassonne, Tom and Katie rode bikes down the Canal du Midi, while Dave and Tabitha (with broken knees, thus without bikes) read Harry Potter by the edge of the canal.
Lunch: Pate, bread, and wine
Dinner: Cassoulet
Breakfast: Pastry and coffee
Lunch: Cassoulet
Dinner: Cassoulet, Chicken, Pork with a mustard cream sauce.
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| The beautiful, calm Tarn gorges. |
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| The beautiful, not calm Tarn gorges. (Blow this picture up!) |
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| The cathedral at St. Affrique. |
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| Carcassonne! |
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| How to make Cassoulet. |
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| Carcassone "Disneyland" |
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| A view from the top of the castle. |
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| The cathedral. |
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| A close up of the cathedral. |
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| The message outside the cathedral... |
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| Carcassonne! |
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