Blogs from Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

We decided to take a cruise up the Rhone on a paddle steamer to make it interesting for the boys. The Camargue is a vast marsh like land where the Rhone meets the Mediterranean, where black bulls are herded by gaucho like herdsmen called Guardians and where semi wild white horses roam. The Tiki III paddle steamer was a pleasant meander through the brackish waters looking at grey heron, flamingos, gulls, black bulls, white horses and a staged encounter with a guardian. Dangers and Annoyances The Long, Long, Long Lunch Not so much an annoyance as an art form… To orientate ourselves with the Camargue region we went to the Camargue museum but timed our arrival badly and arrived just as they shut for the customary 2.5 hour lunch break that has been the bane of ... read more

September arrived and it was time again to board the train for France. Our plan this trip was to spend two weeks in a gite near to the Camargue. Not an area that I had been to before so it left us with a huge shopping list of things to do and places to see. It was too far to drive straight down to our accomodation so on leaving the train we headed in the direction of Troyes - a city I had never seen before and one I felt was worth a visit. We arrived late afternoon and stayed at a Kyriad hotel on the outskirts of the city. It wasnt too far to drive in and we parked up on a convenient car park within walking distance of the main sights. A clean and ... read more