New visitor, old places, new sites.

With Alan working most of the time in the home office it was up to Kieran to play guide for our visitor who arrived from the UK via EuroStar and TGV.

We visited many of the same places as listed before, but this time instead of driving through villages, we stopped. At one point, instead of just driving over a bridged ravine, we parked up and clambered down the cliff to the water. It must be one of the most beautiful places in the area. Just the sound of the odd car passing over the bridge and the sounds of nature, until a cicada landed on Kieran, he screamed and jumped frantically.

A trip to Pezenas found our visitor falling in love with the old town. We wondered the lanes, taking routes unseen before and stopping for tea and cake in a lovely t-shop. The tip continued with a visit to Sete, and we did not find any of the “great shopping” we’d been lead to believe existed, but we ate a croissant with both pistachio and chocolate centre. We both fell for the charms of an old Renault 4 parked along side the harbour.

With the weather so nice, we spend a day at the beach, and Alan joined too. After a few hours sunning our bodies, we wondered around the town with our extra large ice-cream cones.


As our visitor was an early rise and often completed a morning run before we’d even opened an eye, Alan often joined her for a bike ride too, allowing Kieran to wake at his gentle pace.