I visited the city of Bescancon this weekend and simply loved it. What more could you ask of a city than a citadel turned zoo. High on a hill above the city sits a citadel built in the late 1600s. Just before walking through the second series of enterances there is a deep revine, look down and you'll see three baboons walking amongst the winter grass and climbing around the lower stone walls. It was something out of a wild and slightly twisted dream. Above is the man partially responsible for all the animal insanity: Vauban a mastermind of military engineering
