Sarlat to Carcassone

We set off from Sarlat to drive to Carcassone - about a 3 hour drive, which went fine.

Arriving in Carcassone we had lunch down at the base of the old city, then found our way to a car park (or series of car parks!) from which we could access the old city and fort. the old city is a smallish maze of streets that are only accessable by foot. It is almost totally a tourist town now - very few people live there. So it was a bit weird wandering around these streets all just catering to tourists. In the centre of the old town was the fort - which was certainly worth a visit. This was a fortress within a fortress - a bit like the white tower wthin the tower of London. This place was the first defence for France against the southern invaders over the years and had lots of interesting history.

We met the Verweys at 5.00pm and embarked once more in the car to find out hotel - with a stop at a pharmacy on the way to pick up a new epipen for Dick - but life is never that simple! To buy an epipen we needed a doctor's prescription - so we needed a visit to a doctor!! Luckily there was a surgery nearby who agreed to see us at 8.00pm. So we had a quick dinner at the hotel first. This was our most budget hotel (under 50 Euro) and the room was as budget as you would expect for the price - and suitably located in the Zone Industriale - but the dinner was delicious. Mary and I had chicken cooked in fruits of the season and Michael and Dick had sausages and beans. Then back to the doctor who was very nice and then to a pharmacy and we were all set. So we headed back up to Carcoassone for another walk around in the evening and a drink in one of the tourist cafes in a square.