Wood Anemones

If you are toying with the idea of a Spring break in France, the best of the weather is to be found in Languedoc.

Famed for its average of 300 days of sunny weather each year, it is often blessed with an early Spring, when the “garrigue”, or moorland,

Spring Blossom

comes to life with an abundance of beautiful wild flowers – the deep purple and pale primrose colours of the wild irises, the woodlands white with wood anemones, and shy orchids peeking from between the meadow grasses.

View of the Pyrenees in April

It is also a great time for the best views of the snowcapped Pyrenees, a magnificent sight,

Wild Pansies

which on a bright Spring morning can present the entire range, from east to west, crisp and clear against the azure sky – what a backdrop for La Cite de Carcassonne!

It is a time, too, when La Cite de Carcassonne shakes off its winter slumber and bursts into

Early Spring in "la Cité"

life again.  The pavement  cafes and restaurants are filled with lunch time diners, music, and everything is fresh and cleaned for the coming summer.

I can’t wait… can you ?