Monday, December 15, 2008

Patinoire...15 December 2008

Outdoor ice skating rink in Carcassonne market place

Today at Carcassonne, while doing some Christmas shopping we spotted a skating rink set up in the market square just out in the open air. There was lots of little market stalls around the square selling unusual arty/crafty Christmas gifts. The villages and the shops go all out with the decorating. They use these huge rolls of cotton wool for snow, it looks great. The villages are decorated with street lights, there’s Père Noël’s climbing up the sides of houses everywhere and real trees draped up the sides of lampposts with lights and bows in them. It’s really pretty.

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