Kit and Carol on the Road

The bike tour ended in Carcassonne. It was amazing to come off of the Canal (we rode along the canal the whole last day) and down through a short residential street, along a river, across an old bridge --where there is an amazing view of Le Cite (the enclosed medieval city)--and to our hotel. We were almost the only ones who went out on bikes on Friday (the last day) as the others were all leaving and 6am the following morn and we were staying until 3pm. The city is famous for it's role in the Abisinian (sp?) wars against the Cathars which you will only know about if you have studied French history. It is also famous because part of the Robin Hood filming was done here and "Kevin Costner slept here". It is a place where you expect to see knights and damsels around every corner--but there are only tourists--tons of tourists, even on the drizzly day we spent touring the castle. In most of France if you eat at a restaurant you have to guess at the French food on the menu--in Le Cite there are menus in English, etc. and there are pictures of the food. Everything is expensive and nothing is outstanding. I didn't even enter the tourist shops. Actually I have not bought a single thing (not eaten or drunk) since we arrived. Actually the pictures are worth more than any words I can write --I will add them soon.