Carcasonne

OK... so I finally nodded off in my sauna called a hotel room around midnight. Right outside my window is a major intersection, where it sounds like the Indy 500. Big thunder storm around 3:00 am, followed by some rain, which cooled the place down. We rolled out around 8:30 and headed to Carcasonne, which is a 13th century medieval town. 100 foot walls, turrets, the place looks like Disneyland. Walking around the outside was really fun. Walking in the city center was like the day after Chrismas at Nordstroms. Tourist city!!! But we did manage a nice lunch, before heading back. We're back in a cooler Montpellier and now have to figure out where to dump our rental car tomorrow. That's always fun. Returning a rental car at the airport is easy, in town it's a bitch. Imagine the Pearl on a Saturday afternoon, if a '57 Caddy... ya get the picture?? So, tomorrow we day train to Sete, a seaport village. Sunday we train outta here... looks like Cassis at this point... need some r&r. Ciao for now. PC