Easy drive to the hotel, once we got out of Montpellier with its roadworks and congestion. Found the hotel easily and the parking was thankfully just across the road, although because of the one way street we did have to drive around the block. The reception lady only spoke French but did manage to convey all the parking instructions and gave us our room key even though we were 3 hours early! Lovely lady. Up the first flight of stairs to our room! The hotel (an...

Said goodbye to our little cottage. Really enjoyed our stay. Got to see great little villages (and Mario to practice driving a 6 speed manual). Off to Montpellier. What a nightmare! Even with a map managed to nearly get lost as thought, because of the signs, that we had passed through a town when we hadn't. After a slight deviation back on track. Tried to stop in Narbonne for a bite to eat but too hard to park. Stopped instead at a Super U (supermarket). As luc...

Another lovely day in the cottage. Drove down to Trebes to visit the Tourism Centre. On the way to the carpark asked Mario what type of lovely vintage car was parked there. He turned to have a look and drove into a pole. Luckily it turned out to be plastic. Our first plastic pole and we drove into it! The lady at the tourist office was very helpful (although when I asked about antique stores she said "no" but told me there was a nearby marmalade shop!). She tol...

A peaceful, relaxing start to Sunday. Then off to nearby Trebes before the supermarket closed. Unfortunately didn't make it time so drove further afield to Homps. What a lovely old town. The canal de midi cuts its way through and there are a few restaurants alongside too. Lovely old church. Small but big enough to have its own restaurants, petrol station and, supermarket! Stocked up on provisions, some pate and olives to try the local stuff, also some lovely por...

Lovely waking up in the cottage. Celeste and Alex off to play outside with the big dog, Patch. The owner, Alex, printed off some Google map instructions for us to visit nearby Carcassone. Had a great visit to the town, including the markets, a walk across the very old pedestrian bridge and, of course, the castle. What a beauty! Wandered around for quite a while. Lots to see. Beautiful church where it looked like someone about to get married with guests startin...