Monday, 23 May 2011

The family 'Griswalds' say farewell....and goodby to the van

Time to leave this little village...sadly

Where is the wine please?

Home again

and the Mediterranean..a different colour blue..almost aqua

Marseille.

Just one of the places we could set up for dinner at home.....

The stones were not held in place with mortar...just the engineering of the carving of the stone...just amazing

Point Du Guard...the Roman Aquaducts built in 500AD to carry water from the higher land across the countryside....near Uzes

View from the top of the tower we could see from our home....surrounding all houses are the alley's and cobble stone streets... It is amazing how quite it is at night....no local traffic.

Wouldn't you love to have this as the entry to your home.

Market Square - preparing for lunch

Great place to set up a cafe

Another Alleyway

Twins again!!!!! But how gorgeous are these alleyways

View down street from bedroom window

Busy main road on market day....full of life.

Uzes

Our week at Uzes has been very relaxing......just as was needed after the wonderful but very busy trip we have had.

This little village lived up to our dreams of living in France and experiencing it's culture. We found the locals friendly and patient with us as we attempted to converse in their language....a few laughs here and there. Everyone greeted us with 'bonjour' and we soon learnt 'combien'.....how much. We did very well with ordering wine and food (thanks Graeme) however the last night had us ordering 4 pizzas instead of 2 (thanks Graeme).

Most of our time here was spent reading, sleeping, walking, eating, drinking and some shopping. A couple of day trips, one to Marseille to view the mediterranean and another to the surrounds of Uzes. The car/van we had seemed to be wider than most of the roads and add to that the traffic coming from the other direction/driving on the 'wrong side of the road', assisted to add to the excitement on the day.

The following photos are only but a few of our snaps that we took in this week!!!!

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