Carnival Venezia maiden voyage live

[IntrepidFromDC]

The people of Narbonne and Beziers are eternally grateful to Paul Riquet because he designed and oversaw completion of the canals that connect Mediterranean to Toulouse, effectively giving the French a direct connection for water transport from Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean.  He built locks on top of locks that allowed a boat carrying goods to travel downhill. 

Edited May 25, 2023 by IntrepidFromDC

[IntrepidFromDC]

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Narbonne 

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Narbonne Marche. The Thursday market in Narbonne has grown over the centuries and now has exterior market shops in the hundreds.  Amazing window shopping especially the food. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

[IntrepidFromDC]

Romulus and Remus...

[Essiesmom]

Looks like a great place to graze…. EM

[balcony bound]

I have no idea how you are going to survive on cruise ship food.

[BlerkOne]

2 hours ago, balcony bound said:

I have no idea how you are going to survive on cruise ship food.

He can keep the credit card in his pocket.

[TravelBluebird]

Love the market photos; we are excited about the market in Barcelona!

[IntrepidFromDC]

Dinner at Chez Seraphine was great, moules and cod with egg and garlic aioli. The cat is her actual cat.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Walking from Seraphine to the pub.

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[ninjacat123]

Wow! That is some kitty!  A hairless sphinx cat or simply old? Or both?

Edited May 26, 2023 by ninjacat123
looked up hairless cat :)

[BlerkOne]

1 hour ago, ninjacat123 said:

Wow! That is some kitty!  A hairless sphinx cat or simply old? Or both?

Hand wash only.

[IntrepidFromDC]

7 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

Wow! That is some kitty!  A hairless sphinx cat or simply old? Or both?

I asked if it was one of those hairless Egyptian cats and her reply surprised me..."I ordered her from Washington DC "

[IntrepidFromDC]

Carcassonne was an early walled city built by the Romans in the 300s, not too long before the fall of Rome. Notice it's actually a walled city inside a walled city. There's an inner wall and exterior wall... (this aerial view from a drone is the only way to appreciate that there are two walls, and was borrowed from the internet,  since Cite Carcassonne is the highest thing around,  I couldn't use my own pic).

[IntrepidFromDC]

King Louie IV and Phillip III of the Kingdom of France built the outer walls in the 1200s and it withstood every attack. Legend  says Charlemagne gave up and left after a lengthy assault. The inner walls were built by the Romans in the 300s. This is the best pic I could manage showing both walls...

[IntrepidFromDC]

A bunch of pics from just walking around the exterior,  which took an hour and 20 minutes.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Carcassonne is the largest walled medieval city in Europe. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

The drawbridge 

[ninjacat123]

6 minutes ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

King Louie IV and Phillip III of the Kingdom of France built the outer walls in the 1200s and it withstood every attack. Legend  says Charlemagne gave up and left after a lengthy assault. The inner walls were built by the Romans in the 300s. This is the best pic I could manage showing both walls...

Brings to mind that movie quote "have fun storming the castle!".  Not so much fun here.

[serene56]

following along because I just want to know

[IntrepidFromDC]

The walled city still has 300 residents,  two hotels,  two schools and a ton of tourist stuff,  including lousy serrano ham sammiches. Note the souvenir shop with the Knight who says NI!