The cave was amazing!!!! Yesterday’s cave was a reproduction (don’t know if Emy mentioned that) where as today we experienced the darkness, dripping stalagmites and cramped spaces, and or course the REAL THING. The paintings were 15, 000 years old and a real miracle that they are still there for us to experience. There were bison, deer and horses run around the walls of the cave. Many of the painting were also etched in and showed perspective. According to the guide it took many years before these painting were classified as works of art, but you can really see the skill needed to paint the animals on rock that look so life like. The second fortunate thing was that when we exited the cave at noon, the clouds had disappeared, there was blue sky and the temperature was 15C!!! It’s been about a month with no sun….hard for people from sunny Manitoba! Number three was a GSP miracle. We realized as we were driving to Carcassonne for the night that the cigarette lighter stopped working and our GPS said low battery. We can not live without our GPS – if our marriage is to survive we must have it! Mike figured it was probably a fuse so we went in to the next town to find one. We phone the Renault dealer and there happened to be one, it was open until 6 (another miracle since it seems that most places are closed at 4) and the GPS survived long enough to get us there. A service man fixed it in 5 min! The last fortunate thing is Carcassone, not the game the place. We drove up the hill and saw the fortress lit up – the girls shouted, “Cool”. It is a complete 12th c fortress with cathedral and castle and the youth hostel is inside its walls. Can’t wait for tomorrow to explore. Jane
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