Thursday Oct 3rd

Our destination this day would be the great walled town of Carcassonne. It has been quite well preserved and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It too, is on the Canal du Midi. But on the way we wanted to check out a couple of other spots. First was a very cool windmill, which was a purely serendipitous find when JM spotted a sign on the side of the road.

The cloudy weather from the previous day was still hanging around.

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We got into Carcassonne and were right by the the cathedral so we made a visit. Impressive.

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Finally pulled up to the castle. The gentleman below was patiently waiting for a challenger. 

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We made it back to Olargues just before dark.