Europe 2017 – day 02

Today, as we were getting ready to start our day, I shot a few images from the bedroom window.

Maybe 15 minutes later, Cath was sitting on the window sill, looking out at the same vista I had just shot. The morning sun was hitting her softly, and from inside the bedroom, it was a portrait that had to be shot. I had her stay put while I set up the shot.

The image you see here is SOOC (straight out of camera), meaning no post-processing has been applied. I’m really happy with this shot.

After breakfast, we decided it was time to head into Carcassonne and start exploring. We already knew that it was going to be a warm one. Western Europe decided to throw on a heatwave, which would challenge us for the first week of our travels.

Wandering the streets of Carcassonne, it hit just north of 40 degrees C, but thankfully, it was a relatively dry heat.

The Medieval City is a walled enclosure which sits atop a significant hill in the middle of moden-day Carcassonne. We walked the streets, admiring the age of the cobblestoned streets, but cautious of the tourist-y nature of the shops therein.

Still, it would prove to be a photographic goldmine, particularly as seen from the new part of town at dusk.

All through the town, there were downpipes which featured outlets which looked like some kind of mythic animal’s mouth.

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