Homeward bound … via Carcassonne!

After finishing our packing of one very wet tent and squeezing the rest of our belongings into the car, it was time to say “Adiu”, “Adéu” and “Adiós” to the Val d’Aran and to head back to France and the autoroute to Toulouse.

However, our visit to the south west of France wouldn’t be complete without stopping off briefly on our way home at the medieval walled city of Carcassonne. Ok, I concede that “on our way” was perhaps doing some heavy lifting - Carcassonne was an hour or so to the south east of Toulouse, in the direction of the Mediterranean coast!

In any event, we were in Carcassonne by early afternoon and had time for a wander around the castle and part of the ramparts, to buy some giant meeples and a new extension to the game Carcassonne, and of course an ice cream.

We returned to the autoroute back to Toulouse before heading north to Limoges.Read more