On our recent trip to Spain, we were able to take a couple of day trips into France.
France!
I have had a mild major obsession with France since I first visited Paris when I was twenty-one. I have been back to Paris a couple of times, but have always wanted to see the French countryside and smaller villages.
So, we rented a car (for about a third of the price it would have cost for our family of five to take the train) in Barcelona and headed north to Carcassonne...
We had just gotten across the French border when our youngest needed a potty break. And we're so glad he did! We parked at the rest stop, got out of the car and saw a fairytale-style fortress just down a dusty path.
