Sunday 20th September - Montpellier Apartment. It was a bit of a mission getting to the apartment and we met Bridgitte who showed us where to park - talk about tight down two floors in the basement - and then she showed us to our apartment which is on the 1st floor. It's not that old and way more modern than the B&B we had just left. It's about a 10 minute walk to the town or there's a tram that we can get. Bubbles and crackers with only butter on ...

Sunday 20th September.- Algues Mortes We walked through the gate in the town wall and here was this amazing little town and dozens of restaurants. We selected the first one that we came to and settled for a poulet sandwich and a beer. It was ok and we weren't in the hot sun but under the trees outside the restaurant. It also sold ice creams and boasted 90 flavours?? Afterwards we went for a walk through the town and looked in all these little shops. The q...

Sunday 20th September - Coffee, Pack up and Leave Arles It was very windy this morning and as we walked the streets of Arles we commented that it was almost jersey weather but somewhat thought that this was a bit over the top as Christchurch had a temperature of just 7 deg. We got on the road and due to a suggestion of Marie and Jean we were heading for Montpellier via the coast road and the stop off point was to be Algues Mortes for lunch. The total j...

Sunday 20th September - Musee Reattu We ran out of time to go and see this art gallery yesterday so decided to go before heading out of town. Jacques Reattu was a painter born and bred in Arles and did have some asperations to becoming a diplomat in Rome but Napolean put paid to that by waring with Italy so Reattu came home and started painting. The Musee was bequeathed to the city of Arles and his paintings were to be displayed for all to see. The buildi...

Sunday 20th September - La Vagabonde, Arles We had our breakfast and Marie fussed about us and gave us another lovely experience in her wonderful dining room. The stud height is about 4.5 - 5.0m with large beams holding up the floor above and all the little decorative pieces that enhance the whole place - it's wonderful. Marie and Jean were very good to us and helped us with parking and things to see and do and places to eat. Jean came in the car to find ...