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Travel Blogs from Le Cros
Amazing Millau Viaduct
On our way east across the south of France, we stopped at the Millau Viaduct. It was built between 2002 and 2004 and is an amazing construction, a technical feat. It is 2,460 metres in length and a record height of 343 metres. It has 7 concrete piers ...
Merci, Babette.
... morning before we left was to amble through the markets. Amongst the produce, we came across an Irish lady who was selling bottles of ginger syrup. She was very interested in our connection to ginger - both fresh and our Bundaberg ginger drinks.
Sadly, we farewelled Babette, clutching our final gift of wine and with a final pat to Tango, the dog, we headed northish to Orange in the Vaucluse area of northern Provence.
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South of France - Day Trips
... over the other towns. it was still pretty interesting to walk around the old city and see how and why things were built. Pictures attached explaining a little more about the castle. I now am on a train leaving the South of France, I am making a stop in Lyon for the remainder of the day and night as a stop before I head into Switzerland tomorrow. I am excited to get to the Swiss Alps and a completely different region of Europe. It will be completely different from what I have seen so ...
The South of France
... was about 46 km and I really enjoyed it. I have been thinking about taking up cycling, this might have done it for me. We stopped in the village of Roquebrune half way through and ate at a great little cafe and wondered through the hillside before going to Wine Coop there. It was really interesting, after tasting a bunch of really good wine the gentlemen working the counter walked us through the whole process of grading the ...
Last day in France :-(
... shooting and shortage of dead livestock due to mechanisation.
Montpellier-le-Vieux is a concentrated area of awesome rock formations which we enjoyed on a hike of several kilometres. It was a perfect, warm, dry afternoon - a truly memorable ...