We have crossed the border and entered Spain but prior to that we spent a week in the beautiful south of France near Provence. A land of grape vines, olive trees, fields of sunflowers and wonderful quiet roads.
We stayed in a tiny village called St Siffret about 4 klm from the town of Uzes. Means nothing to you does it? However if you have ever eaten haribo jellies, the factory is in Uzes and if you've even seen those beautiful ceramic guinea fowl, they are from Lussan ceramics.
We visited Lussan ceramics and have a little quail and two little birds coming home with us.
We also found our trip mascot Hubert ( silent H) our little french hedgehog. For all the kids, and those young at heart, Hubert will appear within each blog but you might have to search for him,keep in mind he's little and likes to sleep, so happy hunting.
Here he is up close for reference only.
I pre booked a road bike for the week and collected it on the Monday. Riding in France is lovely due to the space given to riders and the wonderful roads. What's not to love about riding through fields of sunflowers, lifting their heads to enjoy the sun.
And I don't know how I survived the traffic and boring scenery.
There was some navigation to do but once you make a name up from the signs so you remember where your heading it gets a little easier.
I only got lost once or twice. At one stage ended up walking the roady along a track for about 4 k's. Here is the trail when it got a little wider.
When I got back to our village over two hours later, Sues happily snoozing by the pool, not worried where I was cause even if I was how was she going to find me! She knew I had water and a muesli bar, I'd survive.
Oh by the way this was our accommodation.
And our street.
And the church bell that rang every night.
On the Thursday we hired a second, more comfy bike for Susie and set off for the Pont Du Gard, an ancient roman aqueduct that was well worth visiting. It was a 20 klm ride to the Pont through little towns and fields. Susie did great riding and we had a lovely lunch of baguette and ham followed by ice cream.
The ride back was hot and we were a little tired but made it back in time to dive in the pool and relax. What a fabulous day.
We loved Provence, it was warm and sunny and I rode everyday. Susie worked on her tan, couldn't get much better.
One night we went to dinner at a local pizzeria. It appeared no English was spoken but we got by with ordering, pointing etc and had a lovely dinner. We had far too much food and since the place did take away we decided to take ours home for the next day. Sue politely spoke to our waitress, attempting with charades, to ask to take ours home. She sort of did a pizza box shutting charade and walking symbol etc, as you do. To which the waitress replied! In clear English; "you want to take home! In a box? No problem!"
Well that's it for now. Don't forget to look for Hubert. Post if you find him. I'm off to relax in Spain.
Uke complete me.
Location:Plaça dels Indians,Begur,Spain
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