Today we hit Nice. The Place de Massena is a must see, looked over from one side by Apollo on the Fontaine de Soleil. His statue was removed fairly recently in case it caused ‘moral disruption’ but was daringly reinstated…
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Nice….Apollo has Returned…Girls Avert your Eyes
Tagged with: Cote d'Azur, cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, Nice, photography, Promenade des anglais, Provence
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Antibes…Picasso and Napoleon
We are at Villeneuve-Loubet, a town on the ‘Bay of Angels’ halfway between Nice and Antibes. The site is a short walk (5 minutes) from the beach. Mavis is parked in Camping Hippodrome ( N 43.642186 E 7.137281). This is…
Tagged with: Antibes, border terriers, cycling, france, Grimaldi, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Picasso, Provence, Villeneuve-Loubet
Posted in - France, Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Villeneuve-Loubet
Posted in - France, Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Villeneuve-Loubet
Cannes…Ginger and Fred
We are in Cannes…we arrived here on Monday and went out for a good nosh at the Golf Park Restaurant, to celebrate Nia’s birthday. We drove along the dramatic Côte d’Azur from Ste Maxime…only about 15 miles. We stopped for…
Tagged with: Cannes, france, ginger rogers, la cigales, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, superyacht
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sainte Maxime…Do Sharks Live Here?
May be better not to swim here. We moved on from Ramatuelle to Sainte Maxime which is a small town on the Gulf of St Tropez. We stayed at a pretty basic aire (N 43.317154, E6.630549) next to a roundabout…
Tagged with: Aire, border terriers, coypu, cycling, france, motorhome, photography, Provence, Sainte Maxime
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime
Ramatuelle…the sous chef is unleashed.
We are working our way along the coast of Provence. Maybe working isn’t the right word. Meandering. For two days we have been encamped on an aire at Ramatuelle, about 12 miles to the south of St Tropez, soaking up…
Tagged with: border terriers, france, Mavis, motorhome, pampelonne beach, photography, Provence, ramatuelle
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle
Porquerolles…the Mexican Connection
On Thursday we took the ferry to Porquerolles, one of the Islands of Hyeres, just a mile or so offshore. The arrow is pointing at our campsite, a stones throw from the harbour. On the way over we chatted to…
Tagged with: blog, border terriers, Colin, france, giens, hyeres, la tour fondue, Mavis, motorhome, photography, porquerolles, Provence
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Salt Pans at the Salin de Giraud
We cycled 13 miles across the salt pans today…perhaps that doesn’t sound much but for quite a lot of the time there was a serious headwind…the flamingos were flying backwards…it was hard work. And when the wind wasn’t dead ahead,…
Tagged with: cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, salin de giraud
Posted in - France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Salin de Giraud
Posted in - France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Salin de Giraud
Saintes Maries de la Mer…
Route to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Today (Friday 17th October) we stayed at the sea front aire at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (N 43.453558 E 4.436642). This is a long and narrow site just behind the sea wall and promenade, with good access to walking and…
Tagged with: cycling, france, motorhome, photography, Provence, saintes maries de la mer
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Roussillon
We drove the short distance from Rustrel to Roussillon and stayed in the Aire ( N 43.896452 E 5.295878) ….a large car park, quiet, €9 for the night. After lunch we headed into Roussillon, about 1/4 of a mile from…
Tagged with: Colin, france, Haute-Provence, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roussillon
Saignon
On Friday we walked up to Saignon from the campsite. Saignon is famous for its rock, see above, a landmark visible from far away. The GR 92 footpath is a well defined track leading up to Saignon from the road…
Tagged with: france, Haute-Provence, le petit cafe, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, Saignon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saignon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saignon
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