What is a Carcasonne? It is the largest completely intact medieval city and the only double defense walled castle. Carcasonne is the birth place of Fr. Jean Pierre Medaille who is the founder of the order of the sister's of St. Joseph. This picture was taken from our bus believe it or not. We walked between the two walls and it is 2 1/2 miles. Our inn keeper made a special traditional dish for us for dinner. It was cassoulet and is a stew made with beans, sausage, pork and duck. It was delicious and definately "comfort food". As with every lunch and dinner it was served with wine. The wine was actually made with the grapes from these vines. That was most of yesterday including the church where Fr. Medaille was baptized, where he lived and the Jesuit college that he attended. This all occured for him in the mid 1600s so just a little bit older than our entire country. Later tonight I hope to blog on today. I'll try to put in more pictures.
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