Saturday 3rd October - Cathedral Saint Jean Baptiste We walked through to Square Gambetta which is where the Medieval Festival was being held. This is a lovely square out the back of la Cathedral Saint Jean Baptiste. As this was on the way we went inside and obviously there was to be a wedding going to be held in the next wee while as petals were being thrown on the floor up to the altar.We went inside and found a very different sort of church to others we have ...

Saturday 3rd October - Saturday Lunch in Perpignan We walked back into the Old Town and found a quiet cafe and decided to share a pizza and wine. The pizza was good the wine pathetic. We spoke with a couple at the next table who started life in Poland and moved to Britain and now live in Perpignan and run their respective business from here. He is an accountant and has 1 week a month in London and she is a translator documents and speaks 6 languages. We headed ...

Saturday 3rd October - The Little Train of Perpignan We found a new route into town much to Jannies consternation!! I don't know where I am is the common call?We paid our €7 each and boarded the train in full sunshine. It was very hot just sitting there waiting for the journey to begin. Then the medieval Festival parade started and came past the little train delaying the 11.30 start. These trains would be ideal in Christchurch and is an easy way for the Counc...

Saturday 3rd October - Morning Time in Perpignan Last night we watched the All Blacks play Georgia with French commentary. The commentary was probably more entertaining than the game was. Can't see this many mistakes winning the World Cup. When we awoke we awoke to the sound of rain pelting against the window in our hotel room. Wow that hasn't happen since we were in Rome.We spoke to Sandy and Kathryn on Face book and then got ready to go out and have our coffe...

Friday 2nd October - Lunch in Perpignan We walked into the township by a roundabout way which took us about 30 minutes and walked past the square and along the river to another square where the Information Centre is. We chose a cafe and Jannie had omelette and I had a Cassolet du Mer, mine was ok but not quite hot enough but the Estrella beers were great. We went looking at the shops for perhaps a spare pair of sandals but didn't see any in any of the shoe shop...