When we are traveling, people always ask us why on earth we would ever leave Hawaii to visit (insert their home here – Carcassonne, Dublin, Bruges, Buenos Aires, Paros, Pittsburgh- you get my drift) and, yes, there are moments when we ask ourselves the same question. The fact is, we love Honolulu and our little
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After a month of travel, my hair was looking a bit, well, tired. Too much growth caused it to droop, which in turn made me feel droopy. So I simply couldn’t resist getting a French hair cut in Carcassonne. The Salon de Coiffure Michele Cazaux came highly recommended, so David helped me make an appointment and
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Today is a beautiful sunny day and the temperature is approaching 60, so absolutely everyone is at the Carcassonne farmers market. It is my favorite place to go on a Saturday. I see all sorts of things I have never seen before – and have no idea what some of them are. The vegetables and
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Minerve is a tiny, picturesque Cathar Languedoc village, surrounded by ancient vineyards, located on the confluence of the Cesse and Briant rivers. It is a UNESCO Heritage site. It has the feeling of a sculpture carved into the rocks that the sculptor didn’t quite finish. It’s unusual in so many ways, one of which is
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At the top of my list of desired day trips from Carcassonne was the four Cathar Castles called Chateaux Lastours. To get near them, it’s just about a 30-minute drive north from Carcassonne. Once there, you go to a former textile plant that is now a visitor center. You buy a ticket for 7 euros and begin
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