Flying North to travel South.

OZDUCK · 2025-07-31T18:36:53+1000

We then had the 17€ 'lunch special' at a small restaurant a bit off the main streets . It had been around 33 C when we were walking the ramparts so we didn't have any Cassoulet but we did come back on our last night in Carcassonne for it.

Carcassonne - Maison du cassoulet

maisonducassoulet.com

My wife had -:

Goat Cheese with honey wrapped in Filo Pastry and fried

and

Chicken Breast in a creamy Mushroom sauce. Plus Sweet Potato fries

I had :-

Legume soup - basically pumpkin soup

and

Haddock with Sauce Provençale plus Rice

We then finished it off with a Pana Cotta and Raspberry Flan

drron · 2025-07-31T18:40:08+1000

I’m glad I walked the ramparts when I went 3 years ago as I couldn’t do it now.

OZDUCK · 2025-07-31T19:08:26+1000

Outside the main walls

A wagon went flying past

That evening we went for a short walk and instead ended up having a long walk and taking a different route up to the fortress. We hadn't intended to do the climb twice in a day but as the skies got darker it began to look so lovely that we kept going. The trouble we had with the long evenings in France was that by the time it was getting really dark for some good night photos it was after 23:00 and we were ready for bed.

Firstly we crossed the river by a small concrete walkway upriver of the main bridge

The Pont Vieux

We then walked through the old town towards the fortress and the views kept getting better

This was steeper than it seems here

The curved lines are not faults in the photo but marks left from when the 'artist' Felice Varini "was commissioned by France’s Centre des Monuments Nationaux to install a massive illusion of concentric yellow circles on the city’s border.". He received a similar commission in Fremantle and, despite his claims to the opposite, caused much damage to the heritage listed limestone buildings there.

Freo artwork removal descends into legal battle

The removal of the Arc d’Ellipses artwork has descended into farce, with a former Fremantle mayor suing the City for $50,000 in damages to his High Street property.

thewest.com.au

The Walls of a Fortress City in Southern France Ripple With Bright Yellow Concentric Circles

Twenty years ago, the fortress city of Carcassonne in southern France was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In celebration of the important anniversary, Swiss artist Felice Varini (previously) was commissioned by France’s Centre des Monuments Nationaux to install a massive illusion of...

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