July 26, 2007
Southern France: Carcasonne and Nice
We haven’t had Internet access in a while, so here is a quick update on our treck across southern France to connect Barcelona and Italy.
It was harder than expected to catch a train out of Barcelona becuase the one we wanted was fully booked. As a result, we didn’t arrive in Carcasonne until late in the early evening, after the main attractions had closed. Carcassone is considred Europes most heavily fortified and well preserved medieval city. It has fairy tale views of castle walls. I was able to get some great pictures of medieval defense systems, but didn’t see much more than that because we had to leave early the next morning.
We spent two nights in Nice, which included climbing two hills for some amazing views and a visit to Monacco. We were able to explore Old Nice and ate a local specialty called socca.
From there, we travelled to the Cinque Terre in Italy, and LeAnn is writing about that right now. That’s all I have time to write for now, I’ll add some more detail later.
Update: view photos of Carcasonne and Nice.
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