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A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet (none / 1)

Apart from the beans, this was a fine meet-up. After a nice lunch with a cross-blog mix, ETers Helen, Colman, Sam, and I found ourselves constrained to sit beneath a parasol on the main square in Carcassonne's old town (not the cité), and consume cooling drinks while setting the world to rights. Such is life.

Many thanks, M et Madame Lupin, for organising the lunch meeting, and to everyone who came along!

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jun 24th, 2007 at 01:36:31 PM EST

Re: A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet (none / 1)

What's wrong with cassoulet?

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 24th, 2007 at 01:41:41 PM EST
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Re: A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet (4.00 / 2)

"Apart from the beans" didn't mean we had cassoulet. With which I see nothing wrong. But, discussing it with Lupin, we agreed that the colder the weather, the better cassoulet goes down.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jun 24th, 2007 at 03:42:54 PM EST
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Re: A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet (none / 1)

An indispensable site for those who wish to explore the subject further:

Academie du Cassoulet.

They take their cassoulet very seriously in the region.

by Lupin on Mon Jun 25th, 2007 at 02:54:14 AM EST
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Cassoulet (none / 1)

Nothing is wrong with Casoullet. It's just that I've never had a good one on Carcassonne. So far I still think I make a better one than any I've had in France.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 25th, 2007 at 03:28:21 PM EST
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Re: A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet (none / 1)

I'm just relieved to find you got home eventually. Maybe SNCF is different, but when BR (or whichever parasitical organisation is masquerading) theaten you with a bus journey, you know that long and hard times are ahead with arrival times shifted onto Hawaiian time.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 25th, 2007 at 03:26:31 PM EST
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Re: A brief report on the Carcassonne Meet (none / 1)

Got back at ten-thirty. The bus was held back to wait for a train that was late. But what I don't like about the bus is it's half-dark (after ten down here) and you can't really read, while trains are properly lit.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jun 25th, 2007 at 05:42:10 PM EST
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