Thursday 13 October 2011

Carcassonne - a wander around La Cité

Carcassonne divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city.  The fortress, which was thoroughly restored in 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.

On the blog Sallys Chateau, she describes a stroll up to the Fortress ...

La Cité especially on stunning beautiful still Autumn evenings such as the other night.  2b and I decided we would indulge in one of our favourite pastimes so armed with his new toy, a Fujifilm finepix S3200 off we set, a couple of hours spent simply and quietly enjoying being together.  Mother and Son. Priceless.

There seemed to be a lot of activity around Place St Jean with glamorous looking people wafting about.  It was being whispered that this was the film crew with actors and actresses presumably commencing filming of  Kate Mosse's wonderful book 'Labyrinth'.  Another blockbuster film to put Carcassonne even more firmly on the world map !!  We sat and sipped our cool beer and watched with interest as they all twittered and fluttered with each other.

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