Thursday, May 16, 2024

Avignon to Marseille

We will go to Marseille today. We first took the train from Avignon Centre to Avignon TGV station. The journey by high speed train is about 34 minutes direct.








The train to Marseille







We took a taxi from the station up the hill to Notre Dame de la Garde.


Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Cotesushi

We had our dinner here again as this Nikkei cuisine is rather nice and there isn't any back home. We also did not want to walk further into the old town. 


Donburi Crispy Chicken



Ebi Fry



Beef and Chicken Gyoza



Rice with miso soup



Samba Pink, Salmom Sushi and Samba Lima



Poke Salmon 


Monday, May 13, 2024

Carcassonne to Avignon

We took the train back to Avignon transiting at Nimes. Both stations were empty.






Many wind farm along the way









Cathedral of St Michael

This church was built in the 13th century as a parish church dedicated to St Michael. It is now the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Carcassonne and Narbonne replacing the Basilique of St Nazaire.











Sunday, May 12, 2024

Le Carnot

We stopped here for crepe.






Crepe with nutella



Crepe with nutella and whipped cream



Crepe with nutella and lemon



French toast with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream

Carcassonne

We took a taxi from the citadel into town.











The Outer Wall

We walked on  the outer wall before leaving the citadel. The length of the outer wall is about 1.6 km. We only walked part of it.



























Saturday, May 11, 2024

The Inner Wall

Access to the inner wall is only through Chateau Comtal. The inner wall essentially provided a second layer of defence.