minimunchkin: Carcassonne

The medieval citadel of Carcassonne which dates back to the Gallo-Roman times sits on the hilltop town within a fortified settlement in the Languedoc area. Right from the start when we starting planning our Europe trip, we had Carcassonne on our itinerary after a close friend told us about it. What we didn't expect however was how touristy this place was, the place was absolutely teeming with people. Nonetheless, we still enjoyed "living" in this ancient fortress town.

Castle tower as we approached

While the place is crawling with people during the day, by 6ish in the evening the place is pretty much empty with only a few people staying on to eat at the restaurants. That's when we really enjoyed walkimg around and exploring the place.

Inside the outer walls after sunset. Walking around in search of dinner.

Dinner was the local specialty, canard cassoulet. I liked the meats but not so much the beans.

Dessert was freshly made nutella crepes. There were little stalls selling crepes all over the castle, plain ones going for just €1 each. So hard to resist the smells. Well, we couldn't and didn't!

The narrow lanes leading back to our airbnb.

These kids were exhauted and slept like babies every night.

Since we were already within the castle walls, we didn't have to wake up at the crack of dawn to beat the crowds to enter the citte. Once again, our airbnb was just perfect - location, location, location. We stayed in one of the apartments right inside the castle grounds, three minutes walk from the castle entrance.