Scarlet buttons, and pale green disks,Silver spirals and asterisks,Peppered with mauve and ametheystShoot and tremble in a mist
Along with around 700,000 others we sat last night on the banks of the Aude in Carcassonne. 14 July is Bastille Day and for that one day our relatively small and uncomplicated city is utterly mad as folk swarm here for one thing only. The firework display. Late at night the city gets plunged into darkness for the most magical spectacle in the most perfect setting; it felt momentous to be there.
