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Location Date Fri, 05 July 2013 1373006719 Tue, 02 July 2013 1372781260 Mon, 01 July 2013 1372694668 Sat, 29 June 2013 
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Up a little early (7:15am) but the family runs like a well-oiled machine now on travel days. Everyone was showered, packed, breakfasted and downstairs with time to spare. A quick taxi ride to Gare de Lyon and off on the TGV to Nimes. What a great system Europe has with rail travel - how Aust needs to learn. The Stantons were also lucky to travel in First Class to Nimes (woo hoo!).
We left Paris where it was a 16 degree drizzly day. We arrived into Nimes to a 26 degree sunny day. Oh - the relief to be able to feel properly warm.
We had a car booked to collect. All good there. It had sat nav - again, good. However no-one had told the sat nav abut Nimes one way street system. We drove around in circles for - what - 45 min? Stress levels were rising in our little Peugeot as we went down one way streets the wrong way, and reversed out of car parks. Once we were oriented we drove an hour through Uzes to Lussan and arrived at the Mas de la Bousqutte.
What to say about this place - well, in my limited ability to paint pictures with words. Mas de la Bousquette is a restored farm circa 1650 which has been renovated into 4-5 star accommodation. However the charm of the old farm house remains. It sits at the foot of a hill on top of which Lussan sits. Lussan as a 12 century walled city with much of its original features in place. We had dinner in Lussan in the evening and wandered around the battlements looking across the countryside as the sun slowly set (not sure what we ate as we encountered a few language problems - Rory thought he was game to have the Camargue bull, but then chickened out - literally!!)
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Weaze Have just caught up on your last day in Amboise, time in Paris (even fitting in Saint Chapelle!) - and now in the farm house. It all sounds perfectly wonderful (you're doing very well with painting pictures with words). Miserable weekend here - tipped down with rain all weekend (just hoping land doesn't slide any more) - sun came out today which was lovely to see. Mum left yesterday and safely in Hong Kong - they fly to London wednesday night - yipppeeee!!! Much love to you all and thinking (enviously) of you. W xo
Elilzabeth Nettleton Your P.C. from London today thank you ?Richard - our postcode is 2028 in case anyone else would like to send us another P.C. At last the sun has come out and should stay for the whole week! We saw your newest abode which looks ideal and hope you have a good rest and lovely walks. Can't wait to see many more pics and, of course, to see you all again. Love as ever. M....E. and Grannie
R/F/D There's a spectacular bridge at Millau carrying the motorway over the valley. Very modern. At the Cahors Gap, there was a battle in the last war. Note the war memorials in every village and elsewhere with the Cross of Lorraine commemorating the deaths of the resistance fighters and civilians in the Resistance killed by the Germans mainly in reprisals for attacks on the Germans. That area was the centre of the main Resistance. At Orange, there is a Roman arch on the way out to the North, and also a Roman amphitheatre. Avignon will be very busy, but is attractive and of course there is le Pont d'Avignon which doesn't go right across the Rhone but there is another pont, more modern which does. The Hiotel d'Europe is where we stayed in the market place. Good food but good cafes and bistros nearby. The Pope's palace is the big tourist attraction, but I query whether it is worth while queuing to get in. On the whole though Avignon is well worth a visit.
R/F/D. Most of all, you should see the Roman aqueduct at Pont du Garde which is on three levels. When are we going to get a blog from R and/or C and/or R? With love from