May 31, 2012 - Cote d Azur

Thursday 31 May After driving around Aix en Provence totally lost trying to find a hotel late last night - many were booked out or beyond our budget - we woke to find that we were in quite a nice part of town.  Ruby called us on Skype in the middle of the night which was a bit of a shock but our fault as we left it on, so unaccustomed as we are to having good Internet access. Coco was sitting on her knee smooching up to her to make me jealous but it was wonderful to see her  looking well. As soon as we woke we caught up on emails and called...

May 30, 2012 - The best of Provence

Monday 28 May COMME SI COMME SA In day light I was expecting to find a field of violets, or at least a few pots in the courtyard at out hotel called Le patio violette,  mais no! My disappointment was however short lived as the town of Uzes itself literally oozed charm. We had a brochure which provided a tourist walking route but we only got as far as the main square and couldn't bring ourselves to move on for some time. We perched with a coffee in the sunshine and a little something from the patisserie for breakfast and just...

May 27, 2012 - Le cadaver d'un homme devore par un chien

Le cadaver d'un home devore par un chien Another pretty morning as we opened the shutters onto a wall covered in vines. Actually I'd been awake on the hour all night as the church bells struck the time loudly. It was charming but.... Petit dejeneur was served in an internal court yard under a wisteria and surrounded by pots of geranium. It was our first typical French croissant and jam breakfast as in an effort to be healthy we stuck to museli whilst in the apartment. Over morning coffee we saw the headline in today's local paper said Le...

Jul 24, 2007 - Uzes

Our last day here and we're having a lovely time. aNY ONe who has suggested we might like q bit of NZ weather, forget it! Still finding our way around this town. The ring road around only takes about 20 minutes to walk around but theres litterally dzens qnd dozens of little streets and alleys in between. Yesterday we hired bikes for a ride to the Pont du Gard. I thought we might be in a bit of trouble when, as we were leaving town; we noticed the temperature on the town clock saying 26 and it was only 9;30; It was a lovely, slightly...