Today
was glorious! I checked out of the hostel about 8:15 and found the rental car
place in Marseille Gare St. Charles with little difficulty. Finding the A-7 was
another matter! After going the wrong way [and taking a detour through an
apartment’s parking lot] and doubling back to ask one of the rental car ladies
how to get to the A-7 I was on my way.
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| Gare St. Charles in the Morning Light |
I
went to the Pont du Gard, and that was really all I had time for. I spent about
2 ½ hours there, and then headed for Carcassonne. I wanted to go to some other
sites, but reception is only open until 7pm here, so I would have been cutting
it close.
I
checked into the hostel and they gave me a private room! No ensuite, but
private nonetheless!!! I need this. It is nice. I also have an amazing view. I
can see the walls of La Cité from my room! I had dinner at Le Trouvere, the
same place where V. and I ate three years ago. I had their House Plate, which
was a three course meal and a pitcher of wine, which I finished this time. It
was a bit much and I was quite tipsy for over na hour, but now I am fine. I had
bacon salad, then cassoulet (duck + pig stew) and a scoop of ice cream
(chocolate) for desert. The cassoulet was delish! I need to find a recipe for
that.
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| Window of Private Room |
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| Private Room - Yay! |
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| Bacon Salad - Needs more bacon! |
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| Yummy Cassoulet |
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| Le Trouvere - One of my favorite places |
Oh,
and the Pont du Gard was amazing! Cost €18 for the whole site, including
parking. If you could have walked in, it would have been free. The museum was a
little hokey, but interesting, and the aqueduct itself was beyond anything. I
don’t know how they built it. It is huge and beautiful and marvelous.
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| The Aqueduct is very impressive |
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| It's survived floods for over two thousand years |
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| The aqueduct from above |
It
would be nice to go back there some time with swimming gear and a picnic lunch.
Back
to Carcassonne, I walked around the walls as the sun was setting. Gorgeous
doesn’t even begin to describe it. I also hung around after it got dark.
Beautiful!
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| Carcassonne Lit Up |
I
need to plan where I’m going tomorrow, and hit the hay. I’m quite tired.
Oh,
and all the highways were toll roads. Cost me €24 in tolls to drive here from
Marseille.
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