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I was having trouble deciding whether I should continue west in France to go to Bordeaux, or go south to Spain to see Barcelona. There was a really good write up of Carcasson in my France travel book, so I decided I would go west at least to that city and then make my decision from there.

I rode along the path of the Canal du Midi for a bit, but it was just a dirt path and there were a lot of tree roots, so after about 10km, I decided to save my tires and take the main road. It would be fun to bike along the Canal if you had a mountain bike, but with all my gear, I was just too nervous that something would break to enjoy riding on it.

I did get to see the locks at work though, and finally got a sense of how they work!

and then….I´ll give you the reaction shot first

(it was sunny)

This city was so cool, just like the guidebook described it, a fairytale.
I wonder what films they´ve shot here.
The inside of the city (la cite, not actually all of Carcasson, there´s a much larger and normal part of the city too that´s separate from the walls) was too touristy for me but it was cool to see.

This was definitely one of the coolest things I´ve seen here.
Nothing has beaten the beauty of Corsica, though.

distance 65 91
time 4 34 11
avg spd 14 42
max spd 34 67
avg cad 63