弗罗拉*Kamihana-Shi*神花死: Going to Toulouse~

15~06~2012

Woke up early today

to quickly bring back CD's

Yeah è_é !

On the RER XD
Going to the aiport

I love aiports o_O
Maybe because it means " holidays" for me x)

I actually love travel ~

Duty free ... But I prefer asian products

Only that plus a water bottle cost me around 20€ ....

Airport + Organic food => fatal -_-

go-Go-GO !!!

Hello big birds 8D

Let's go :)

The trip cas short,
Paris to Blagnac( Toulouse) it is more or less
1-1h30

We met the other persons who work with us and waited for
the staff and organaziers of the convention :)
to go to Mazamet itself in car.

On the way,
the oraganazier poposed us to visit the castle of a women
who bought it years ago.
You can rent it for a week end for only 700€
and rent a room for 2 persons for only 80€
the rooms look like some for princesses with canopy beds

Welcome~

The medieval part

The big garden

The courtyard

Tower where are the bathrooms

The died tree

Renaissance part

Renaissance part again

The well

Entrance

Stairs *_*

The giant fireplace

Modern ball room

Room for weddings

After,

we arrive at the place,

we discovered our appartments,

modern and super confortable with everything.

We had 2 appartments with 3 rooms each

for only 4 personns,

so we decided to only share one, it was good enough.

around 8:00pm

We went to the restaurent 8D

Hey 8D

Starters

Chees, bacon, and salad for me

Fish and salad for him :)

Gambas -Fish & rice

Kangourou meal for Darling XD

Ice cream profiterolles è_é !

Crême brulée

Pineapple pie with icecream

After having ate that well,

the organazer led us to the médieval city, Hautpoul,

by night ~

Mazamet ^o^/

Sumarry I found on wiki,

unfortunately no english so I will try to translate:

Hautpoul is a village wich belong to the town of Mazamet. The village is planted on a rocky outcrop overlooking the city, and is considered the birthplace of the city.

History

Clinging to a rocky outcrop overlooking the city of Mazamet Hautpoul the village guards the entrance of the Black Mountain and its vast forests.According to legend, Hautpoul was founded in 463 by Atholph 1st, Visigoth king who set up a community and draw the first outlines of a fortress.

But under the reign of Clovis,

the Franks push the Visigoths in Spain, in turn occupying the village Hautpoul and give

a new dimension to the fortress.

At that time reported by the etymology, is called Alto Pullo which means "place perched"

and is moving Hautpoul, over the years.

In 1212, during the crusade against the Albigenses, Simon de Montfort

besieged the fortress converted to Catharism.

After four days of siege, he captured "the nest of heretics" and is dismantling the castle.

The residents of Hautpoul, then, settled in the valley on the banks of the Arnette where they founded a small village of Mas Arnette will become Mazamet.

They develop the textile and paper activities to supplement the low incomes of agriculture

on the mountain lands of low fertility.The XVIth and XVIIth centuries, the religious wars of the village makes Hautpoul the theater of many skirmishes.

Turn the hands of Catholics or Protestants, it still shows a strong resistance

and affirms its strategic position.Shortly before the revolution, found Hautpoul François (1689-1753)

which is the title of Marquis of Blanchefort fallen into disuse, and dowry by his wife Marie de Negro of Ables (1714-1781), lady Niort, and Roquefeuil Blanchefort; a stele in the name of Marie de Negro of Ables appear late in the nineteenth s very fantastic story of Rennes-le-Chateau.

The industrial development of XVIIIth and XIXth centuries saw the development an important textile industry, supported since 1851 by fellmongery, new technique of separating the leather and wool that will make the fame and fortune of the country mazamétain.In the twentieth century Hautpoul gradually empties of its inhabitants to benefit the Valley Mazamet but today the village has rejuvenated: the old houses host to craftsmen and their workshops games and wooden toys, alleys and squares come alive without disturbing the tranquility of the place.In August, the company de la Rocque Hautpoul a living site and tells his story.

Here in french