Hotel du Soleil St-Rémy-de-Provence

22nd
As we now needed to be in Barcelona in 5 days to meet Kim's mum it was time to say goodbye to Italy. As the day was overcast and the drive on the autopista easy we just kept on driving (from 8am until 5.30pm) and arrived into Les Acrs in France time for a beer and dinner then bed.

23rd
As we had stayed in a free Aire last night we were able to top up water, clean the toilet and then give Scooby ...

Plan was to stay in Avignon but when we arrived we decided it was too big for us and after driving around the outide of the ramparts of the old city walls - very cool and the main thing we wanted to see - we made our way onwards to Fontaine de Vaucluse which is 20kms past Avignon. We arrived just before dark and found an Aire de Service at the edge of town where settled in for 2 days. The town ...

... didn’t even really resist. They knew the status to being ’Roman’ and that it would bring them instant infrastructure, roads, money, etc.

But enough of all this Roman talk - we’re in France after all! Italy will come when we set sail tomorrow night. For now we’re dining on our last few snipits of cheese, provincial bread and aioli sauce.

... that you’ve met.
The ragged man in ragged clothes.
The silver thorn, the bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.

But instead of letting me get down, I will seek out more ancient places and dine in a tucked away jardin savoring the unique tastes of the area, and enjoy the skillful provencal cuisine as I gaze upon the ...

... we were nearly blown to Marseille. Tomorrow we are going on a lunchtime cruise on the Rhone with more food and wine and before that visiting the famous bridge and hopefully we will have time to go over to see the nearby fort in the afternoon.

Then we start the final run north - first a night at Beaujolais, then 2 nights at Strasbourg and one last night at Munich before we leave Big ...

... across the street – La Palette Gourmande (29 Rue Roussy), but we thought we would wander around and see what else was on offer. However, while we were doing our washing in the nearby launderette, it started to rain. At first it was just a gentle refreshing shower, but became a thunderstorm lasting for hours. By dinner time it was still lashing down, so we ran the 5 metres across the road.

We were rewarded by one of those ...

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... keep Kirra and I from arguing. She is my Satelite navigation girl and she as been flawess so far. We drove down from Paris yesterday and it is noticibly warmer here and the pool is inviting. St Remy is a great little village that was home to Van Gough for some time and it was here that he cut at least one of his ears off, how about that! We ate out in town last night at a ...

... times of day, though, we watched as five different streets coverged to the same spot on the square. Without the direction of signs or lights, drivers and mopeds somehow navigated past each other time and time again with only the use of hand gestures and occasional shouts. Impressive, though I will say the French drivers are possibly the worst I have ever seen. Never in my life have I seen a population of people stall their cars more than the French. A bien tot. They said: Happy Birthday Marta!