The 4.30am start takes its toll on Fred at Dublin airport
A Trip to Carcassonne, Aude, France - 7th August 2018
It's an early start for our second leg of the holiday, onwards to a rented house in Carcassonne in the south-west of France. Once we're there, we begin to explore our environs and head into the nearby centre of old Carcassonne - La Cité - to find places to eat and explore the streets. We also briefly head into Carcassonne itself, where the owner has tipped us off about a pizza place.
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Fred's all 'meh'
Harry and Isobel queue up to board
Isobel and Harry
The control tower at Dublin airport
Fred's off the plane
Touchdown in 35° at Salvaza Airport
Carcassonne's airport
The River Aude is outside the back of the house
We explore the river
Isobel and Harry explore the rocks
There's a water fountain in the nearby park
The street round the corner
We stop off at a newsagents for a cold drink on our first trip to the Cité
Concentric circles have been stuck to the walls
Fred, Isobel and Harry
Harry's applied ice cream to his face
Tourists mill around
Harry's down to the end of his cone
Isobel and Harry
The crowded streets, near the Porte Narbonnaise
Someone's doing some outdoor embroidery
Walking around the back streets
Harry and Fred on a stage
Fred does the crab
Our first café drink is sooo sweet
Harry and Fred listen to some music
Harry and Fred are wired for sound
Isobel and Harry look up
Clouds darken over the Basilique Saint-Nazaire
The skies darken over the café
Darkness over the Chateau Comtal
Fred takes a photo as Isobel points
Fred does another photo
The bar staff take the parasols in
End-of-the-world clouds gather over the Château
We wander around for a bit before it rains
We have dinner in an indoor restaurant
Fred stands on the balcony
Harry pokes standing water on a table
The boys on the terrace at Le Créneau restaurant
Isobel has a drink
Fred and Harry mess around in the wet square
Green-lit cobbles
There absolutely no-one at the Port d'Aude
It's breakfast time in our rented house
Fred on the garden path
Fred explores the garden
The boys play on the path
Some bright street art in Jardin Bellevue
More graffiti
Fred's amused by a house that's covered in ivy
Notre Dame de la Sainte
Tiles of thanks in the church
Fred peers over the side of the Pont Vieux
Isobel and Harry on the Pont Vieux
We wander the narrow streets some more
Harry's got his arms in the air
Isobel does some shopping for food
Harry looks around whilst Isobel buys bread
Interesting fish-head drain spout
A tiny child on a moped
A shuttered window
Some Segways roll around
Nice wall murals on the Rue Trivalle
The outside walls of the Cité
It's busy at the Porte Narbonnaise
We fill up water bottles
A knight in shining armour
The boys stride off
An interesting house
The boys find a toy shop
Fred's buying something
Harry looks at toy dragons
Harry plumps for a four-headed dragon
Fred practices his new craze: Astro Jacks
Fred, before he decides he doesn't like the sausage
Nosher's dish-of-the-week is razor clams
Fred in the stocks
Isobel joins in at the Museum of Torture
Another view of the circles
The further-out stripes are big
A vintage Brabantia cling-film and foil dispenser
The kitchen is unchanged from the late 60s
1960s design touches
Fred's still Astro-jacking
Our house: Number 43
We head out through the front door for a change
Harry and Fred on the street
Nice iron railing on a balcony
Roaming around near Rue Oubliac
General Bigeard's place
There's a display featuring hundreds of umbrellas
Umbrellas over the street
There's a ghost of an old shop sign on a wall
Isobel, Harry and Fred wander under the parapluies
Nice stonework on the Societe Generale's office
Pizza is rolled out
Fred plays with his jacks outside
Harry and Fred hang around
Our pizzas are prepared
The boys hang around outside the pizza shack
We head in to pick the pizzas up
Small boys love pizza
Harry and Isobel wait outside
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The 4.30am start takes its toll on Fred at Dublin airport
The 4.30am start takes its toll on Fred at Dublin airport
Fred's all 'meh'
Harry and Isobel queue up to board
Isobel and Harry
The control tower at Dublin airport
Fred's off the plane
Touchdown in 35° at Salvaza Airport
Carcassonne's airport
The River Aude is outside the back of the house
We explore the river
Isobel and Harry explore the rocks
There's a water fountain in the nearby park
The street round the corner
We stop off at a newsagents for a cold drink on our first trip to the Cité
Concentric circles have been stuck to the walls
Fred, Isobel and Harry
Harry's applied ice cream to his face
Tourists mill around
Harry's down to the end of his cone
Isobel and Harry
The crowded streets, near the Porte Narbonnaise
Someone's doing some outdoor embroidery
Walking around the back streets
Harry and Fred on a stage
Fred does the crab
Our first café drink is sooo sweet
Harry and Fred listen to some music
Harry and Fred are wired for sound
Isobel and Harry look up
Clouds darken over the Basilique Saint-Nazaire
The skies darken over the café
Darkness over the Chateau Comtal
Fred takes a photo as Isobel points
Fred does another photo
The bar staff take the parasols in
End-of-the-world clouds gather over the Château
We wander around for a bit before it rains
We have dinner in an indoor restaurant
Fred stands on the balcony
Harry pokes standing water on a table
The boys on the terrace at Le Créneau restaurant
Isobel has a drink
Fred and Harry mess around in the wet square
Green-lit cobbles
There absolutely no-one at the Port d'Aude
It's breakfast time in our rented house
Fred on the garden path
Fred explores the garden
The boys play on the path
Some bright street art in Jardin Bellevue
More graffiti
Fred's amused by a house that's covered in ivy
Notre Dame de la Sainte
Tiles of thanks in the church
Fred peers over the side of the Pont Vieux
Isobel and Harry on the Pont Vieux
We wander the narrow streets some more
Harry's got his arms in the air
Isobel does some shopping for food
Harry looks around whilst Isobel buys bread
Interesting fish-head drain spout
A tiny child on a moped
A shuttered window
Some Segways roll around
Nice wall murals on the Rue Trivalle
The outside walls of the Cité
It's busy at the Porte Narbonnaise
We fill up water bottles
A knight in shining armour
The boys stride off
An interesting house
The boys find a toy shop
Fred's buying something
Harry looks at toy dragons
Harry plumps for a four-headed dragon
Fred practices his new craze: Astro Jacks
Fred, before he decides he doesn't like the sausage
Nosher's dish-of-the-week is razor clams
Fred in the stocks
Isobel joins in at the Museum of Torture
Another view of the circles
The further-out stripes are big
A vintage Brabantia cling-film and foil dispenser
The kitchen is unchanged from the late 60s
1960s design touches
Fred's still Astro-jacking
Our house: Number 43
We head out through the front door for a change
Harry and Fred on the street
Nice iron railing on a balcony
Roaming around near Rue Oubliac
General Bigeard's place
There's a display featuring hundreds of umbrellas
Umbrellas over the street
There's a ghost of an old shop sign on a wall
Isobel, Harry and Fred wander under the parapluies
Nice stonework on the Societe Generale's office
Pizza is rolled out
Fred plays with his jacks outside
Harry and Fred hang around
Our pizzas are prepared
The boys hang around outside the pizza shack
We head in to pick the pizzas up
Small boys love pizza
Harry and Isobel wait outside