Carcassonne

We have internet access here tonight, so we thought we write another quick message. We had about a 4 or 5 hour bus trip from Sarlat to Carcassonne today. We stopped for a picnic lunch on a "barge" on the Canal du Midi south of Toulouse (I´m not sure I am spelling these places correctly without our maps, etc.). After we got to Carcassonne, our guide took us on a walking tour of the fortress. It started to rain and rained a lot until after we finished supper about 9 tonight. We are learning a lot about French history and France. In Chinon we learned about Joan of Arc. Tomorrow we have wine tasting, another picnic at a Chateau, will see the Pont de Gard (old) and arrive in Arles for a couple nights. We will finally be in Provence then, but have enjoyed the other parts of France too. Curt could not have the local dish here (casserlout (sp.) - beans, duck and sausage) because of his celiac. Our guide wrote a note about this in French which we show whenever we eat out (which is quite often). When we have group dinners, our guide has already taken care of this. We hope we don´t have any more rain now!