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These three days were tough. I was without a car, so I walked 24h all day long, I was so excited, I wanted to see as much as possible. So on my way back from St-Maurice I stopped in Montreux and Vevey. The compact size of European countries helps a lot when you don't have much time. The long summer day helps as well.

( Montreux and Vevey )

Actually we were going to Biarritz, but finally found ourselves in St-Jean-de-Luz.It is a famous resort on the Basque coast on the Bay of Biscay, just a few km from Spain.It is protected from the savagery of the Atlantic ocean. I was on the 'other' side of Atlantic -)).
The weather was bad, it was raining heavily all day long, but even under the grey, heavy, crying sky St-Jean-de-Luz looked gorgeous and sooo peaceful and beautiful.


( St Jean de Luz and Pays Basque )

Today we'll visit Carcassonne - La Cité Médiévale.
It is a fortified town founded in the 5th century and restored in 1853. It is in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Maybe because this is a restored site we (I traveled with my friend and her children) didn't feel the atmosphere of ancient times..with the exception of the first view of the city on the hill. Later, on our way back to Bordeaux we saw (by chance) another Middle Age city which impressed us much more although it was not as majestic as Carcassonne. The photos will follow in the next post.


( Carcassonne )