A trip to a castle
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15 January 2007
Karl: Tomorrow I’m going to get a road bike!! It might be an ORBEA or a GIANT. I think they cost about 500 euros! I already have a Discovery jersey and a Francaise des Jeux bike hat. The GIANT is red and black and the ORBEA is orange, yellow and, white.
Today is Sunday, January 14th, 2007. Yesterday we took an adventure to Carrcassonne. We took out the map and planned the trip. We added up the number of kilometres (distance) to get there, then we estimated the amount of time we thought it would take. It was almost 200 km and we guessed it would take about 2 hours going 100km per hour.
However, the drive took much longer because we had to drive very slowly as we crossed over a mountain. The road was very narrow and winding. We took pictures of it. There was a deep canyon on one side and volcanic rock on the other side. Mom was scared.
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Finally, we got to Carrcassonne, a fortified city. That means there are stone walls all around it. Inside we ate lunch at a café. Also inside, there is a castle built in the 12th century. It has turrets all around it. Turrets are tall stone towers. The kids and Dad climbed up and down the long, steep, winding stone staircases.
In the castle, there were barracks for the soldiers. There was wood underneath and in front, and stone in back. The last thing we did was see the museum. There were lots of other rooms we didn’t see.
Mom left early to ride her bike. Dad an the kids met up with Mom at an intersection, something they call a roundabout. That means the cars go around a circle instead of using stoplights. Mom biked through the grape vineyards which are all around this part of France
Karl: Tomorrow I’m going to get a road bike!! It might be an ORBEA or a GIANT. I think they cost about 500 euros! I already have a Discovery jersey and a Francaise des Jeux bike hat. The GIANT is red and black and the ORBEA is orange, yellow and, white.
Today is Sunday, January 14th, 2007. Yesterday we took an adventure to Carrcassonne. We took out the map and planned the trip. We added up the number of kilometres (distance) to get there, then we estimated the amount of time we thought it would take. It was almost 200 km and we guessed it would take about 2 hours going 100km per hour.
However, the drive took much longer because we had to drive very slowly as we crossed over a mountain. The road was very narrow and winding. We took pictures of it. There was a deep canyon on one side and volcanic rock on the other side. Mom was scared.
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Finally, we got to Carrcassonne, a fortified city. That means there are stone walls all around it. Inside we ate lunch at a café. Also inside, there is a castle built in the 12th century. It has turrets all around it. Turrets are tall stone towers. The kids and Dad climbed up and down the long, steep, winding stone staircases.
In the castle, there were barracks for the soldiers. There was wood underneath and in front, and stone in back. The last thing we did was see the museum. There were lots of other rooms we didn’t see.
Mom left early to ride her bike. Dad an the kids met up with Mom at an intersection, something they call a roundabout. That means the cars go around a circle instead of using stoplights. Mom biked through the grape vineyards which are all around this part of France
posted by Chris Sauer at 7:17 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Friends! I'm enjoying reading about your experiences there. Anna is quite interested in castles and she was excited to see the picture of the castle. She wants to visit a castle in Japan next time we go there. Talk to you soon.
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