Mas Sivelou Anduze

... mine a variety of glaces including licorice, topped with finely shaved licorice. The waiter explained when we were ordering that the chef considered cooking to be an art, and in the manner of a painter, he arranged the food as though it was on a palette. Hence the name of the restaurant.

Narbonne
Our friend Susan Flintoff had recommended a restaurant in Narbonne, called Le Petit Comptoir that she and Brett had enjoyed last year ...

... could find quiet of privacy if they wanted it. We just wanted not to be near the teenagers playing Michael Jackson on their radio.

Despite our fatigue, we walked up to the top of Mount Cavalier which is part of the garden to Tour Magne, a tower that was once part of the city walls and was also built by Augustus. Having viewed many views, we opted not to pay to climb up the tower steps.

We wended our way home, both ...

At the Chateau de Malerargues, surrounded by trees everywhere, Sebastian has voice training for the next couple months. The work consists of a mixture of breath, movement, and massage, as well as singing, sounds, and group work. It's hard to describe exactly what goes on, and each day is different. But the isolation, beautiful weather, and delicious fresh foods make for a great place to work, relax, and reflect. So why do so many people have so many nightmares here?

... has lots of room. WiFi available so a quick check of email.

Nimes was a big disappointment. It has a couple of Roman ruins that are among the best preserved in the world. The first is a Roman temple. It is very small compared to others but is still intriguing. The inside is merely a film in 3D. Not on the history of the temple and the area but on a few heroes during various time periods of Nimes. Big miss. The second major ruin is the Ampitheater. Spectacular but small ...

... and how I dont think I will return to Australia very soon, how at some point in time you accept things as they are and stop trying to change them. Only then can you find some kind of peace. .. I admire this young guy, his directness and his relaxed philosopy on life ....I sleep soundly ...and if the ghosts appeared i never heard them...

The next morning i chat to his mum as she arranges flowers for the market - she calls them Zoe's flowers - she ...

... voor het busje terug te nemen, moesten we nog even wachten op andere kanovaarders. Deze bleken echter een 20koppige hoopje ongezooid met allemaal flesjes Heiniken en veel lawaai. Ik kan je vertellen dat we het niet erg vonden om vanvoor bij de chauffeur te gaan zitten ipv bij hen. Terug aangekomen bij onze vertrekplaats, hebben we nog een wandeling gedaan. Op onze terugweg naar Montélimar, stuurde onze GPS ons helemaal naar de andere kant ...

... with steep drop offs and no guard rails... and those are the highways!! Wouldn't want to be one of those ashen faced motorhome drivers or the poor guy in the tour bus. In the Gorge the road is also pretty narrow with many tunnels and rock cuts. Took many pictures of this wild rugged area. Not only were there beautiful rock formations but the hill towns (built right in to the rock) were very unique. Right out of a story ...

... National Park and its Tarn River which runs through the park reminded us of a combination of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee/North Carolina and the Oak River Canyon near Sedona Arizona. While staying in Florac we took a short trip to visit another village called Meyrueis which was also charming and full of character. We did a good hike that took us up over the hills of the town and down into the fields of an old ...

... century castle in the middle. By now we had seen a few decent castles from a distance but there was a general concensus that we hadnt been close enough, and out of all of them, we had found the right one to look around. It was one of the few castles in Europe that still had members of a royal line living in it, the Duke and Duchess of Provence in one half and his brother the Count of Provence in the other. Their family and predecessors, all of them of royal lineage, had ...

... we mixed the gin and the Kas and passed it around the bus. We arrived to the beach, ate lunch, and went for a swim. The sea is cold! I jogged for a few miles along the beach, it was great! Jogging on the Mediterranean. When I came back one of the teachers had found the empty gin bottle in Brian's backpack and we were in trouble ...