Sinus infection in Carcassonne

So we spent the night at a cool place outside of Saint-Girons... not that we saw any of it, unfortunately, because Dan and I were both under the weather. We checked in at 5 PM and went to bed. But I took photos because Dan said that we should. These are all of the photos that you're gonna get because Dan was not doing his assigned task.

The farm is very old - 17th century maybe? - and rests on a foundation from [I think that he said] the 3rd century. I could be very wrong, so Dan can correct me if I am. 

The ceiling of our bedroom

I think that our room was once part of a barn.

We woke up this morning and Dan went back to bed. I was feeling better; Dan was feeling worse, so the host very nicely made an appointment for Dan to see a doctor in Saint-Girons.  The doc had the bedside manner of a turtle but seemed competent although not completely glad to see anyone. He diagnosed Dan with a sinus infection ( I could have told him that) and gave him an Rx for an antibiotic. We paid him 25€. We didn't pay the receptionist; we paid him. Directly. That was different. Then we went to the pharmacy and off we went toward Carcassonne. 

Carcassonne is a very old, walled city. I am stealing the text from the Histoire des remparts de Carcassonne (https://www.remparts-carcassonne.fr/Explorer/Histoire-des-remparts-de-Carcassonne#) to paste here:

Three kilometers of ramparts, two fortified enclosures (4th and 13th centuries), four gates, 52 towers and barbicans offer remarkable views of the surroundings. The count's castle is the heart of the defense system of the City of Carcassonne.

The site, inhabited since Antiquity, was protected in the Lower Empire behind a Gallo-Roman enclosure. This does not prevent the Visigoths, Saracens and Franks from taking possession of the premises in turn. Center of the power of the counts of Carcassonne, then of the famous Trencavel family in the 12th century, it passed to royal power following the Albigensian crusade (1209-1229) launched by Pope Innocent III. Carcassonne, accused of complicity with the Cathars, was besieged and capitulated in 1209. Annexed in 1226 to the royal domain, Carcassonne was run by a seneschal. The City becomes a stronghold with a double surrounding wall.

It guaranteed the border between France and Aragon until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.

In the 19th century, the architect Viollet-le-Duc restored the City and completed the work of restoring the 13th century. The city is then on the verge of demolition and serves as a stone quarry. For more than 50 years (from 1853 to 1911), Viollet-le-Duc and his successor Paul Boeswillwald gave it back its medieval appearance: destruction of the parasitic constructions between the two enclosures, gray slate roofing of the towers and restoration of the decorations, the hoardings are reconstituted. In the 1960s, the Gallo-Roman towers were topped with tiles.

Inside the city, the Saint-Nazaire basilica was also restored by Viollet-le-Duc. It combines a Romanesque nave and side aisles with a Gothic choir and transept. It houses remarkable stained glass windows, the oldest of which date from the 13th century. Several lapidary objects from the basilica are presented in the castle museum.

I'm also stealing a photo, in case we don't get to take one. 

So after a delicious dinner of French yoghurt (Dan) and Pringles (me), we are off to bed. At 7 PM. In France. Seriously.