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Nice Place Shame about the Weather - Tim
... despite rain jackets and the shopping bags all full of water. Clothes off and heating on and we tried to dry out. The boys spirits imporved once I organised some wi-fi (very very fast and cheap) and using the laptop I managed to get Serena up and going again. Eventually by late afternoon the rain eased but we decided that enough was enough - tomorrow we would find some sun.
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Good weather and vistas (Tim)
... we reluctantly headed back to the van and off towards the Verdon. An easy drive initially until reaching Mansque then a steep climb with amazing views to Moustiers-St.Marie quite a hair-raising drive in "the flash" with lots of narrow sections and precipitous drops into the abyss on the drivers side. Moustiers - St.Marie is another lovely hillside village albeit very touristy. We visited the tourist info. ...
The Grand Canyon of Europe
We had a short, two night stay at Moustiers Sainte Marie, a beautiful village near.the mouth of the Gorges of Verdon. Like so many that we've seen or visited, the village is built half way up a cliff. The village is famous for its faience: hand made, hand painted china. We were told there were 12 different studios where they made the stuff. The other thing is the old (12th century) chapel built up ...
The half way point
Awoke today to our first grey day. Not so bad, we have had two and a half weeks of perfect weather. Left our very pleasant country hotel this morning in misty conditions. The hotel owners had a lovely big kelpie cross that wanted me to throw a stick for him this morning . He just stood there patiently with the stick in his mouth waiting for me to say the right commands for him, in French. It was a frustrating experience for both us!, Our touring took us up into ...
Cooling off at the lake
... found a restaurant whose plate of the day was chicken with potatoes, peas and a citrus sauce. It had been awhile since we'd had chicken ... So many restaurants serve mostly meat dishes... So we all ordered the chicken. It was tasty, but once again we were ingesting everyone's smoke. We strolled home keeping an eye open for shops that would sell nougat but only the restaurants are open around ...