Carcassonna!

Early, early yesterday morning, I hopped a train with my friend Kathryn, and we headed to Carcassonne, also known by its Occitan name, Carcassonna.  The experience was fun, and pretty informative.  We discovered that by exploiting student ID cards (my ISIC card, in this case) you can get free access into historical monuments!  Hooray for seeing the Chateau Comtal without paying five to eight euro!

Also intriguing were the Basilica de Saint Nazari (Le Basilique de Saint Nazaire) and the two other churches we saw, but didn't actually get to go into (the Cathedrale de Saint Michel was under renovation, and the Eglise de Saint Vincent was just mean and didn't have an easily visible entry.  Or any entry, for that matter, as we tried all the doors.)