Tuesday 212nd September - Camargue Boat Trip The trip started right on time and we were glad that we weren't on one of the school trip boats as the racket coming from them was tremendous. The boat backed out and turned under the swing bridge that had been moved out of the way some time earlier. We were given a booklet of the things to see and do as the trip went along and all in English with was a blessing as all of the commentary was in French and becaus...

Tuesday 22nd September - Aigues-Mortes We had decided to drive back to Aigues-Mortes and do the boat ride into the Camargue. The closer we got Aigues the cloudier it got so that when we got there it wasn't that warm. The drive took about 40 minutes and once we were out of Montpellier the drive became somewhat easier. There was no time for a coffee once we arrived and found a parking spot for the car as it was after 10.00am and the boat left at 10.30am. ...

Monday 21st September - Walking Tour. Montpellier We did a walking tour by ourselves of the shopping streets and Jannie got a couple that she needed. We went into the equivalent of our $2 shops and boy the bargains that we could have come home with if we had the room. The true centre of Montpellier is the oval shaped plaza that is dominated by the Comedie Opera House and is the larget pedestrian area in the whole of Europe and this was designed in the 18t...

Monday 21st September - Tourist Montpellier We eventually made it into the main part of town and it was quite hot. We went to the tourist office and got hold of some brochures that were in English. All of the brochures in the apartment are in French. We decided to do the little train trip around the old part of the city and duly hopped on as the 12 noon train was the last before everything ground to a holt at 1.00pm. It's a crazy thing to happen and not a...

- Montpellier Monday 21st September We got out reasonably early and stopped around the road for a coffee. After I came out from paying there was all of a sudden a huge commotion, sirens blaring, tyres squealing and we looked down past the tram and a van that was out of control came around the tram at speed and crashed into the post holding up the tram lines. It was like a movie, police everywhere on motorbikes and plain and police cars. The driver opened ...