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- 23 de set. de 2023
- 🌬 22 °C
- Altitude: 341 pés
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.200462, 2.35243343°12’2” N 2°21’9” E
Dia 31
Two châteaux in one day
23 de setembro de 2023, França ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Was cold last night, down to 1 degree as expected. We are in the mountains after all. We were organised though, nice warm duvet and jammies back on. As we left our lovely Pyrenean gorge stopover, we saw masses of people parking up and ready to hike the mountains. Beautiful, sunny day for it.
Our first stop was at one of the many, many hundreds of chateaux in the region called Château de Puilaurens, remains of a medieval castle perched on a panoramic outcrop accessed by a steep footpath, their words. And it was striking indeed. The hike up wasn’t too bad at all, of course it’s subjective but a swift 15 minute walk took us to the ruins. Great views and a little history with our leaflet. We ambled about for a bit then motored on. Roads flattened out a bit as we came out of the Pyrenees though the towns all looked like ski resort towns. It must be a different scenery in the winter.
Our stopover was Carcassonne, a hilltop town famous for its medieval citadel. And another chateau. We parked up just outside of the town and walked in looking for some dinner. Most of the restaurants don’t open until at least 6pm so we hung about for a bit, found a Vietnamese cafe, ate some chow and decided to look for a rock pub as it’s Saturday night! We found an Irish bar which happened to be showing the rugby World Cup (England v Chile) so stayed to watch that. When it had finished we walked back via the castle and citadel which was gorgeous at sunset. It has been laid out so everyone has access to roam through with lots of shops/bars/restaurants. Really nice. Had a wander then walked back to the van for tea and ice cream. More planning for the next few days. Lots of heavy driving coming up.Leia mais
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- 22 de mar. de 2024, 20:26
- 🌙 18 °C
- Altitude: 100 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.200196, 2.35340643°12’1” N 2°21’12” E
Dia 89
Lagrasse
22 de março, França ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Heute wollten wir uns das Weltkulturerbe Carcassonne anschauen. So fuhren wir dann in die Richtung und kamen immer tiefer ins Corbières mit seinen zerklüfteten Muschelkalkfelsen und ausgedehnten Weinfeldern. Bei einem Hinweisschild auf eine der "100 plus beaux villages de france" sind wir abgebogen und führen für einen Zwischenstopp nach Lagrasse. Unterwegs fiel uns auf, dass fast alle Ortsein- und ausgangsschilder auf dem Kopf stehen. Wie wir erfuhren, ein Protest der Bevölkerung, insbesondere der Bauern, gegen die neoliberale Politik Macrons. Soll es in Deutschland auch mittlerweile geben, aber gegen "die Ampel".
Jedenfalls haben wir das Womo auf dem ortseigenen Stellplatz abgestellt und statt die verlangten 8 Euro abzubuchen kam der Hinweis : "Bienvenue à Lagrasse". Voilà, geht doch. Dann sind wir für den vorgesehenen kurzen Rundgang aufgebrochen, geschaut, gestaunt und eingekehrt. Und weil der Weg das Ziel ist, sind wir wieder gelaufen und eingekehrt und so fahren wir eben morgen nach Carcassonne.Leia mais
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Spanien Tour
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- 26 de mar. de 2023, 16:10
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 97 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.2, 2.35166743°12’0” N 2°21’6” E
Dia 4
Carcassonne
26 de março de 2023, França ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Nach der Ankunft ein erster Abstecher zur Cité von Carcassonne mit einem leckeren Eis. Es war schon spät und vieles geschlossen. Morgen geht es noch einmal hin. Am Abend kommt ein ziemlicher Sturm auf. Wir wechseln noch mal den Platz um nicht so nah unter den Bäumen zu stehen. Zum Glück ist der Platz nich ganz belegt.
Am nächsten Morgen machen wir uns noch einmal auf den Weg. In der Touristinformationen erwerben wir Tickets. Die 9 Euro Eintritt pro Person für die Besichtigung des Schlosses sind es auf jeden Fall wert. Es beinhaltet das Château Comtal mit dem Museum zur Geschichte von Carcassonne und den Wehrgang mit mehreren Türmen. In diese Bereiche gelangt man nur mit Eintritt. Der Rest der Cité von Carcassonne ist frei zugänglich. Nach der Besichtigung des Museums im Le Château Comtal und der Basilika Saint-Nazaire gönnen wir uns ein Mittagsmenü. Hauptgang ist das typische Cassoulet, welches hier überall angeboten wird (bestehend aus getrockneten Bohnen, Schweineschwarten und Fleisch, Wurst und Gänse- oder Entenconfit).Leia mais
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Viajante Festland von Europa Etappe 3
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- 17 de abr. de 2023, 11:43
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 145 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.204833, 2.3631843°12’17” N 2°21’47” E
Dia 36
Carcassonne, das Dorf in der Festung
17 de abril de 2023, França ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Als die Einwohner keinen Platz mehr in der Festungsanlage hatten, wurden vor dem Hügel bereits die ersten Gebäude gebaut. Als dann der Canal du Midi gebaut wurde, vergrösserte sich die Stadt weiter um den Canal du Midi. Heute gibt es die Altstadt von Carcassonne mit dem Kanal und Hafen und auf der Anhöhe die Festung Cité de Carcassonne.Leia mais
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DiePaubers 2022-2023 Südwesteuropa
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- 8 de jan. de 2023, 12:41
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 149 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.204867, 2.363443°12’18” N 2°21’48” E
Dia 15
Château Comtal
8 de janeiro de 2023, França ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Das Schloss Comtal liegt innerhalb der Befestigungsmauern von Carcassonne und stammt aus dem 12. Jahrhundert. Außerdem bekam die Burg hundert Jahre später eine doppelt Ringmauer, was es zu einem Bollwerk.
Mit der Besichtigung der Burg ist es auch möglich, die Ringmauer zu begehen.Leia mais
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Viajante Festland von Europa Etappe 3
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- 17 de abr. de 2023, 10:17
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 124 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.204205, 2.36155543°12’15” N 2°21’42” E
Dia 36
Carcassonne von aussen
17 de abril de 2023, França ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Die Festungsstadt Carcassonne wurde im 5 Jh. , 12 Jh. und 13 Jh. erbaut und immer wieder stark erweitert. Cirka 1840 wurde beschlossen, dass die Festungsstadt zu erhalten ist. Ab dann wurden die teilweise zerstörten Gebäude wieder aufgebaut und Carcassonne, die Festungsstadt, ist heute in einem fantastisch guten Zustand erhalten geblieben.Leia mais
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Viajante Elternzeit 2022
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- 8 de jun. de 2022
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 99 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.2011, 2.352143°12’4” N 2°21’8” E
Dia 52
Carcassonne
8 de junho de 2022, França ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Gestern und heute haben wir uns dann die bezaubernde Stadt Carcassonne angeschaut, inklusive Schloss. So viel Geschichte, die sich auf den Straßen zeigt und so toll alles restauriert. Wir waren begeistert. Danach haben wir uns dann auf gemacht nach Biarritz und sind nun gespannt, was uns am Atlantik erwartet.Leia mais
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France and Italy
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- 30 de mai. de 2024, 21:37
- 🌬 17 °C
- Altitude: 107 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.206872, 2.35296543°12’25” N 2°21’11” E
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Dia 2
Carcassonne Lunch
30 de maio, França ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Enjoying nice food at Restaurant du Calderón. Cassoulet was very filling but tasty.

Wonderful tart tatain and kind waiters.
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Harvey10 - Europe-bound
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- 5 de jan. de 2024, 20:12
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 338 pés
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.200498, 2.35289843°12’2” N 2°21’10” E
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Dia 26
A kingfisher and some rain
5 de janeiro, França ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Wow! Beautiful uplifting sightings of a kingfisher on our walk by the beck this morning! It made up for the cold and the rain, which set in later on. Walked around Carcassonne Town itself and saw some strange and dull streets plus a really colourful one, some chique designer shops, one of which I LOVED and bought a neat little cool 2024 diary with a satisfying clasp and dinky little pencil. Saw the closest parking I have EVER seen, and some rather sad has-been faded Santas.
We had lunch, 3 course plat de jour for €41.70 (total), (£36) including drinks. Our choices were Pate and bread, Boiled eggs with dressing, Boeuf bourgogne, Tiramasu, Apple pie and tea or coffee. No photos of food though.
Two very old school British chaps sat fine-wining and dining. I gleaned that one was/is an academic. The way they spoke was rather stifled and dull in a repressed, British sort of way. I found their conversations entertaining and fascinating. One told the other " there's a thing called nature-nurture you know" and when describing his adult offspring, said his son loved diving and is now a cameraman for natural history films and his daughter just liked towns, and the sort of things girls like. There was talk of Brexit and one said he's still got pizazz, we should just wheel him back in again. Boris presumably.
... Oh and John's conversation was interesting too of course 😉. Honest John! 😃
We had another walk up to and around the ramparts and smooched in a shop or two. Much quieter there today, so more enjoyable but not quite so photogenic, and we were cold and wet by the end of what turned out to be an 8 mile walk.Leia mais
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Viajante About time you had some rain 🤣
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Viajante Skilled parking there!
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Viajante Tour de France 2011
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- 17 de jul. de 2011, 14:25
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 113 m
- França Occitania Carcassonne La Cité 43.205513, 2.3615643°12’20” N 2°21’42” E
Dia 10
Carcassonne
17 de julho de 2011, França ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After the tour I had the day to explore Carcassonne.

Quite by accident, I found my self entering the city by a little used windy stair case away from the busy main gates. Approaching Carcassonne this way was made the experience somehow more authentic, than using the "tourist trap" main gates as I did later on.

The medevil city is very pretty and it was easy to imagine my self strolling down the streets of Storm Wind in the World of Warcraft, or as a character in Assassin's creed. The awnings in this scene made me think of bouncing around like I was in a platform game.

There were many vendors of weaponry, and I almost rose to the purchase of a sword, but was concerned about problems at customs.
In the evening I had a meal of a local, medevil dish "casoulette".

Tragedy struck though, as somewhere in the hustle and bustle of the city the duck and I were separated.

I think that nothing might epitomize feeling silly quite so much as wandering a fortified town in search of one's duck and having the words "small pastique duck" spat back at you by the matredie of the restaurant where you ate, after inquiring if it had been found. Despite many hours of searching I was unable to reunite with the duck. I feel quite sad about that.

Searching around for the duck, I found that the city had a pleasant feel to it at night. This is the main square, which has only restaurants and bars on it, providing pleasant aromas.Leia mais
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