Dream Trip 2008: June

Great Travel Moment

Imagine this, you are sitting behind the fortified walls of a medieval castle built by the Romans in 100BC. First signs of settlement were in 3500 BC. Carcassonne is the "Cité", this very famous and extraordinary architectural monument, unique in Europe, on a hill, looming over vineyards with The Black Mountain in the distance. Inside the ramparts are towers, narrow streets, secret gardens, courtyards and fountains that are centuries old. Portions of Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves were shot here. "I doubt that there exists anywhere in Europe as complete and formidable a system of defense of the 6th, 12th and 13th centuries, as interesting a subject of study, and a more picturesque situation" - Viollet le Duc. It is something out of a fairy tale and I'm here with my husband on my 40th birthday as they sun rays shine upon us.