Thursdy 16 April, 2015 Barcelona to Carcassonne
We started the morning by catching the TGV (Train de Grand Vitesse - high speed train) which wisked us to Carcassonne at speeds of 300 km/hr.
Carcassonne is the largest walled fortress in Europe dating back to Roman times. Robin Hood: Prince of thieves starring Kevin Costner was filmed here in 1990. We spent the afternoon happily exploring this ancient site which is amazingly well preserved. The evening we had dinner at the Adelaide where we tried a regional specialty called a Cassoulet - a mixture of duck, pork sausage and beans which was delicious!
We were lucky in that our hotel the Montmorency, was right at the gate of the fort.
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