53 TOWERS

                      Driving in France from Spain on A9 to the way to Narbonne, it worths turning left to the A61 in order to reach Carcassonne. Romans found the hill Carcas proper for trades around 100 BC. They have built the fortified city with the strange name Carcassonne. The famous gothic architect and  restorer Eugene Violet-le-Duc was amazed by the location and the concentric design of the towers, preventing enemies to invase into the city. He restored the roofs of the 53 towers as pointed cones, giving a modern attitude to the ancient beauty. Nowadays, the population of Carcassonne reaches almost 50,000 people, who live mostly in the new part of the city. 

                     Unfortunately, I was not able to stroll using my satellite. I wish I could access the medievial city, but street view is forbidden, so I enjoyed the landscape by viewing photos. The summer festival, one of the major cultural events in France, includes circus, theatre, music, dance and more. Every year, on the dark sky of the 14th of July, at 22.00, many fireworks enlight the city for more than 20 minutes. I imagine Sweet Heart and me enjoying this spectacle live. I can also see the bright eyes of Sweet Heart exploring all these towers, torture monuments, full of battle memoirs. Looking at me, I can hardly run through the city's center with my long and heavy old dress. Concerning little Angel, I can see his face full of dirt and his clothes full of new holes. All I have to do is to close the satellite view and to insert in the imaginary view of my brain. Back to reality, I sit on my new-tech chair, in front of my clean computer, far away from dust, towers and battles...