After 3 intense days in the south of France today we packed our things and left Carcassonne were we had rented out an apartment. However, before getting to Barcelona we wanted to visit one last city: Perpignan.
I was expecting something similar to Toulouse, but since it was Sunday (most European countries have a rest day, which means that shops close) the streets were not as active as I expected and at times we were the only people walking through the street.
For lunch we sat down in a restaurant in the city center. Today was the first time I tried oysters and I have to say I’m not a fan of them, but it was good experience.
As always we visited the city’s cathedral: the St. Jean Cathedral were you can find Mallorca’s king tombstone. Just to put give you some context, Perpignan was part of the Kingdom of Aragon. This Kingdom had various kings for their different regions. In this case the man in the tombstone is Sancho I king of Mallorca and Earl of Rosellón (where Perpignan his found) and Cerdanya. For this reason, everything around the city is written in French and Catalan.
We then went on to visit the king’s castle. Everything was very well preserved and thanks to some maps we could imagine were everything was; the kitchen, the bed chambers, etc.
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And that's it for the trip, I encourage you to visit Toulouse, Carcassonne and Perpignan, they are all beautiful!