It's all about the weekends...

The first couple weeks here have been filled with mostly work and rain...but then our second weekend finally came. Even though it was still a wet weekend for the most part, we did make it over to CARCASSONNE!...I like saying it like a battle cry. It is, after all, the site of one of the finest medieval fortress cities in all of Europe.

The weather seemed to set the tone perfectly for the audio tour we took of the castle that day. We could imagine how imposing the fortress must have been and how difficult life must have been in the middle ages.


...unless of course you had reserved a room at the Best Western there.

The layout of the fortress still poses quite a challenge for young families who try to scale the walls.


Even though times have changed and society has made huge advancements since those times, Carcassonne has held on to some traditions there.


Here we are looking very comfortable, near the entrance of the fortress, even though it looked as though I can count almost 20 "murder holes" behind us, facing our way...that's what they call em.