Sete
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... yet again to go the way we wanted. Leo's diversion to see the viaduct was starting to be expensive!!! Never mind, we found Sete, and Brigittes parents, were waiting for us. They live just up the coast and we had met Pierette once before in Paris. It ...
Champagne to Sete via Geneva
We've arrived at Sète, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the south of France. This was probably the principal destination of our trip, and we’re staying at the house owned by our Geneva friends, Jean-Jacques and Brigitte. On following ...
End of the second week in Sete
... clear weather became hazy for a couple of days before the winds arrived. There are two strong winds that batter the south of France from a northerly direction. The mistral is the better known, and it blasts down the Rhone valley for about 3 days at a ...
On the Mediterrian
... painted walls and blue ceiling. This is the home of Toulouse Latrauec and we visited his museum. Now we have taken the train to Sete - on the sea. We are within walking distance to the sea. We met a wonderful old man, Yve. HE must have been about 100 ...
CHAPTER 6 - LIFE IN HELL - TANGIER - SETE FERRY
... , 22nd and 23rd KM START = 15, 620 (Trip = 5,250 ) KM END = 15,674 (Trip = 5,304 ) Route: Asilah > Tangiers > Sete (France) Some serious questions are now being raised between Pierpaolo and myself, primarily "Why does our room smell like a seal ...
Sete - end of the first week
... -up at one of the water-front restaurants to celebrate my making it through another year. It’s my first birthday in France so I suppose I could have a gateau with one candle?? Have also been trying my hand at making some holiday sketches this trip. ...
Ancient Cities and the Mediterrannean Sea
... wine. It is like the “specials” menu of the day, but you get your choice from the entrée (the appetizers in France), La Primeur (the main course), vegetable, cheese and dessert. The girls had pizzas, which are quite large. It was at a ...
Sète
Après cette première fausse étape à Voiron où je me suis occupé grâce aux différents écrans d'ordinateur, de télévision ou encore de téléphone, me voici en route pour la véritable aventure, ce que j'attends depuis des mois, ce qui me ...
La croisiere s'emmerde...
4h de retard au départ de Tanger puis 36h de traversée à bord du Marrakech, sinistre rafiot à l'état de délabrement très avancé ...
Huitres(oysters) by the double dozen and flamingos
... and clams washed down with a local white wine. Simon remarked that he had never eaten so many oysters in his life. Home via Sete which was a much larger seaside town than I thought, with a large port. I got lost winding through the narrow streets. ...
Play that funky music
... eating cheap, but I'm trying to rationalize this two ways - 1) the Euro has dropped significantly from the last time I was in France and 2) The speciality in this part of France is amazing, excellent, fresh seafood, and let's face it - the restaurant can ...
Host city of jousting contest since 1666
... of small boats. It is no surprise then that Sete is known as the Venice of Languedoc (that's essentially it's state in France). Stately buildings lined the canals along with pretty flowers so I walked around just taking in the scenery. There aren't any ...
Seaside ... seafood ... Mont St Clair
... lunch choice for the day - fish soup, sardines and red mullet, stuffed mussels, stuffed squid and cuttlefish casserole! All delicious! Sete is overlooked by a small conical mountain - Mont St Clair - which gives a 360 view of Sete. There is a ...
Sete
A quick stop of at Sete to camp and gorge on sea food. Managed to get the smallest pitch to put all the tents up ...
Camping sur le Mont St-Clair
C'est grâce à Cécile qui nous a déniché le camping et Maman qui nous y a guidé par téléphone que nous arrivons au camping et plantons notre tente sur le Mont Saint-Clair. C'est au réveil le lendemain matin que nous profitons de la vue sur Sète ...
A Bike Ride to Sete
Today, Elizbeth and I biked to Sete and it only took us 5 hours! Whenever we thought we were lost, or really were lost, we'd ask people for the way to Sete and we could gauge how far away we were by their reactions. The ...
EUROPE WINDDOWN
Bonjour Mes Ami And, unfortunately, after 4 weeks in France thats still about the extent of my French! We are winding down in France and mentally preparing for another contenent; yikes! In many ways I'm very ready to come home. This has been wonderful ...
Sea Snails in Sète
There's really not much to say about our little trip to Sète, and I'm feeling too lazy to go into details about stuff that y'all will probably find boring. Basically, Margaret, Vlasis, and I took a day trip to Sète (15 minute train ride), a peninsula ...
Callian's Birthday Weekend
... large children's playground and eating areas all under very large, old plane trees. Plane trees are to be found everywhere in France. The shopping was amazing too. Lots of modern high street shops selling very nice clothes for a very reasonable price. ...
Sete
DAY 45 …….. Wednesday, April 25th ……. Sete, France NO Sette today ….. the port is closed for the next two days due to gale force winds although the seas seem to be OK .. out here. So we are heading direct to Barcelona and ...
Summer is almost ended
... forever (even if I whished it was so), and we were also running out of time. So we needed to go back to the south of France, to start our return to Italy. We already went to Cote d'Azur, so we decided to try to avoid Provence-Cote d'Azur. Our ...
The good, the bad and the ugly
... rain, but off we head into town to investigate the canals and cafes. The town is built around many canals linking inland areas of France with the sea and as such it is a busy port. However, possibly not helped by the weather, it seemed a depressed ...
Fac Off!
... our alcohol munchies, in which a man was making wood fired pizzas from scratch (!) at 2am in the morning. Sometimes I really love France. I didn’t think I could manage an entire pizza however so I went for a tielle which is a speciality from Sète ...
I am 1 today!
I woke up bright and early today, happy and smiling, as usual. Especially happy 'cos Mum was here to get me up, which only happens twice a week. Uncle Greg has been here for a couple of days, and GrAnnie and Grean Pierre have come down also for the ...
The Oyster's a Confusion Suitor...
... wandering around, and then managed to catch a bus back to the station. The train connections went smoothly and I was back in Sete by 6 pm. When I arrived, I waited to catch the bus to the hostel. I suppose it had been running a little late, ...
canal finish
FROM TASMANIA WE DID COME TO FRANCE TO BARGE TO HAVE SOME FUN CARLOS WE DID MEET UPON A BOAT WE DID DRINK FROM IRELAND HE DID HAIL, WITH LISP HE DID SPEAK TO COPY SCOTT DID TRY, HE SO DID MAKE US LAUGH AND CRY DON’T YOU BONJOUR ME!!!!!!! CARLOS DID ...
Hoping for a sunny day
... and Sete follows the seaside and the beach is quite long. However no one was sun baking in that strong wind. I arrived in Sete early and took the opportunity to visit the City and walked along the canals for a while before hoping into a tourist boat. ...
Miles Away From Ordinary...
... the adventure on the way. Apologies in advance for letters and punctuation in the wrong spot; I`m using a French keyboard. I arrived in Sete last evening at 7:47, unfortunately the last bus to the hostel had left two minutes before and I didn`t realize ...
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