title A Trip to Carcassonne, Aude, France - 8th August 2018 intro It's an early start for our second leg of the holiday, onwards to a rented house in Carcassonne in the south-west of France. Once we're there, we begin to explore our environs and head into the nearby centre of old Carcassonne - La Cité - to find places to eat and explore the streets. We also briefly head into Carcassonne itself, where the owner has tipped us off about a pizza place. imgc2144 The 4.30am start takes its toll on Fred at Dublin airport imgc2145 Fred's all "meh" imgc2146 Harry and Isobel queue up to board imgc2147 Isobel and Harry imgc2148 The control tower at Dublin airport imgc2149 Fred's off the plane imgc2150 Touchdown in 35° at Salvaza Airport imgc2151 Carcassonne's airport imgp2983 The River Aude is outside the back of the house imgp2984 We explore the river imgp2987 Isobel and Harry explore the rocks imgp2989 There's a water fountain in the nearby park imgp2993 The street round the corner imgp2994 We stop off at a newsagents for a cold drink on our first trip to the Cité imgp2999 Concentric circles have been stuck to the walls imgp3000 Fred, Isobel and Harry imgp3001 Harry's applied ice cream to his face imgp3003 Tourists mill around imgp3004 Harry's down to the end of his cone imgp3006 Isobel and Harry imgp3007 The crowded streets, near the Porte Narbonnaise imgp3008 Someone's doing some outdoor embroidery imgp3009 Walking around the back streets imgp3011 Harry and Fred on a stage imgp3013 Fred does the crab imgp3017 Our first café drink is sooo sweet imgp3021 Harry and Fred listen to some music imgp3025 Harry and Fred are wired for sound imgp3026 Isobel and Harry look up imgp3027 Clouds darken over the Basilique Saint-Nazaire imgp3028 The skies darken over the café imgp3031 Darkness over the Chateau Comtal imgp3033 Fred takes a photo as Isobel points imgp3034 Fred does another photo imgp3038 The bar staff take the parasols in imgp3042 End-of-the-world clouds gather over the Château imgp3051 We wander around for a bit before it rains imgp3052 We have dinner in an indoor restaurant imgp3056 Fred stands on the balcony imgp3059 Harry pokes standing water on a table imgp3061 The boys on the terrace at Le Créneau restaurant imgp3067 Isobel has a drink imgp3069 Fred and Harry mess around in the wet square imgp3074 Green-lit cobbles imgp3078 There absolutely no-one at the Port d'Aude imgp3091 It's breakfast time in our rented house imgp3092 Fred on the garden path imgp3093 Fred explores the garden imgp3095 The boys play on the path imgp3097 Some bright street art in Jardin Bellevue imgp3098 More graffiti imgp3100 Fred's amused by a house that's covered in ivy imgp3102 Notre Dame de la Sainte imgp3103 Tiles of thanks in the church imgp3107 Fred peers over the side of the Pont Vieux imgp3108 Isobel and Harry on the Pont Vieux imgp3110 We wander the narrow streets some more imgp3111 Harry's got his arms in the air imgp3112 Isobel does some shopping for food imgp3113 Harry looks around whilst Isobel buys bread imgp3115 Interesting fish-head drain spout imgp3116 A tiny child on a moped imgp3117 A shuttered window imgp3118 Some Segways roll around imgp3119 Nice wall murals on the Rue Trivalle imgp3120 The outside walls of the Cité imgp3121 It's busy at the Porte Narbonnaise imgp3123 We fill up water bottles imgp3127 A knight in shining armour imgp3129 The boys stride off imgp3130 An interesting house imgp3131 The boys find a toy shop imgp3132 Fred's buying something imgp3133 Harry looks at toy dragons imgp3135 Harry plumps for a four-headed dragon imgp3141 Fred practices his new craze: Astro Jacks imgp3144 Fred, before he decides he doesn't like the sausage imgp3145 Nosher's dish-of-the-week is razor clams imgp3151 Fred in the stocks imgp3153 Isobel joins in at the Museum of Torture imgp3156 Another view of the circles imgp3159 The further-out stripes are big imgp3161 A vintage Brabantia cling-film and foil dispenser imgp3162 The kitchen is unchanged from the late 60s imgp3164 1960s design touches imgp3167 Fred's still Astro-jacking imgp3168 Our house: Number 43 imgp3169 We head out through the front door for a change imgp3170 Harry and Fred on the street imgp3172 Nice iron railing on a balcony imgp3175 Roaming around near Rue Oubliac imgp3178 General Bigeard's place imgp3181 There's a display featuring hundreds of umbrellas imgp3182 Umbrellas over the street imgp3185 There's a ghost of an old shop sign on a wall imgp3187 Isobel, Harry and Fred wander under the parapluies imgp3190 Nice stonework on the Societe Generale's office imgp3193 Pizza is rolled out imgp3194 Fred plays with his jacks outside imgp3196 Harry and Fred hang around imgp3198 Our pizzas are prepared imgp3199 The boys hang around outside the pizza shack imgp3200 We head in to pick the pizzas up imgp3201 Small boys love pizza imgp3202 Harry and Isobel wait outside