Along the Mediterranean coast

Sainte Maxime July 25 - August 6 2011

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August 9th 2011
At the Airport of Nice we meet Bruno, my brother and Lien, my sister in law. We just came from Madrid with aircompany Iberia. We did not see eachother since more than a year. Together we drive along the Mediterranean coast in one hour to their villa in Sainte Maxime. The low round schistic mountains are covered with cork oaks, pines with parasollike canopees, bougainvillea´s and oleanders. In be ... read more

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