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Travel Blogs from Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
A shriveled saint
... while we were living in France, not too far from there. And as you might imagine, it caused quite a stir.
The mother, Jeanine Salomone, age 62, and her brother Robert, age 52, were apparently desperate for an heir to secure their 80 year old mother’s $3 million fortune. Without a child, they feared that the money would be divvied up amongst distant cousins. So they travelled to an IVF clinic in the US (California, of course), ...
The half way point
... again today. In fact, above the tree line where it is very rugged, remote and isolated, and still there are cyclists!! They must have legs of steel! I hit my PB on tunnels today: 10 tunnels, 2 avalanche shelters. Some of the tunnels today, given the location are very basic. Hewn out rock, very narrow - barely room for 2 cars to pass and a 50 watt light bulb every 100 metres. A little daunting. Not much to see in the mountain passes but we did spot a very ...
..in den Bergen und am Meer...
Letzter Tag.
Nachdem es uns in Peillon so gut gefallen hat, wollen wir noch eines der villages perchés besuchen. Unsere Wahl fällt auf Coaraze, das Dorf der Sonnenuhren. Das winzige malerische Dorf liegt 650 m hoch auf einem Hügel hinter Nizza. Es ist auch als besonders sonnenreich bekannt und wird 'village du soleil' genannt. Jean Cocteau und andere Künstler verzierten es in den 60er Jahren ...
Ups and downs !
... the worse when we come across a local poliziotto in the middle of the road. Through sign language, the policeman explains that there has been a rock fall and the road is blocked. Signor says he is heading for Mondovi. The policeman points to a narrow lane to the right and raises his arms as though pointing to the sky and says "up and over, very bendy" in a very cheerful italian way. The colour drains from Signor's tanned features.
We set off again at a slow pace. The ...
Camping in Sospel
We have had to leave Italy far too soon in order to spend more time in France and have any chance of getting home on time. Managed to cross the border at around 15:00 and headed for a campsite in a small, quaint town named Sospel, about half an hours drive from the border. There we found ...
