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France Wine Trail: Day 6 - 1st June 2008
We drove to Carcassonne (after numberous tolls and speeds of 130 km/h), and arrived at our B&B outside the Medieval City. Fortunately as it was a Sunday, the streets were dead quiet so we were able to park in the centre without a problem. We walked up to the Medieval City (only 15 minutes from the city centre). It was HUGE. We headed straight to the old castle to do the audio tour. It's extensive tour took hours! We were the last to leave (closes at 6pm). After all the other tourists had left (mostly French tourists which was interesting), we had a fantastic photo opportunity at the front of the castle with just us and no passerbyers.

We found a lovely wine bar inside the Medieval city for an aperitif before dinner. Unfortunately, by the time we arrived at the restaurant we wanted to go to for dinner (Cinq), it was full! Instead we wondered around in the rain, until we found another cute looking restaurant which looked closed, but on closer inspection, the waiting staff has closed all the doors to keep out the cold, and were having a merry old time inside by themselves! We interrupted their hangout but they were very friendly and gave us great service. We were the only ones there. After dinner of the local regional dish cassoulet, the place started to fill with their friends, it was obviously the local hangout for their group of friends.

We managed a photo shoot in the dramatic lighting surrounding the front of the castle, before the rain came down in buckets and we made a made dash home.