Cherie's Place

The walled city (La Cite) of Carcassonne was built on the site of a former Roman fortress.  The city is protected by two heavily fortified walls and has no less than 52 towers and barbicans. In medieval times Simon de Montfort led crusades against the Albigensians (Cathars) whom the Catholic Church had branded as [...]

On arrival in Carcassonne you will remember that I was impressed with the view from my hotel room.  I was even more impressed when I took a stroll after dinner on the evening I arrived.  The sight as the city presented itself was spectacular and on entering into the city the narrow streets were buzzing [...]

Sadly it was now time to say goodbye to Carcassonne and return to the airport for the journey back home.  We took a leisurely drive along the A roads and stopped off in the quaint town of Saint-Papoul in order to visit the abbey. We then continued our journey and stopped at Castelnaudary where [...]

The day started out with some very persistent and irritating mobile phone calls and texts.  Unfortunately I wasn’t close enough to the canal, once again I had the urge to surgical remove the phone and dispose of it!!  After breakfast I retired to the hotel garden with my camera until the phone calls stopped.
After that [...]

I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I share my recent experience of booking a holiday to Carcassonne and the obstacles and fun that I encountered whilst trying to book that holiday.

After a day walking around the walled city we had a change of scenery and ventured out along the narrow roads into the beautiful Rousillon – Languedoc countryside. This involed a drive up to Rennes-Le-Chateau, which is where the view in this photo was taken. The road was a little nerve racking due [...]

The whole day was spent in and around the walled citadel.  This involved walking around the entire circuit around the outside of the walls, exploring inside the walls, a visit to Saint-Nazaire Cathedral and the castle.  I will be posting more fully about all these places soon.
This heavy walking schedule caused my shoes to rub [...]