14 Juillet Bastille Day in Carcassonne

 

Carcassonne by Day

 As the night is falling

 
and when the citée is on fire
 
for the best day of the year

700 thousand spectators
 it was quite hectic but Worth it...

Gorge du Tarn

Not as spectacular as the Gorge du Verdon, but very nice gorge along the river Tarn, very few tourists which made riding quite pleasant



 

 Mureuis
How do people get to their houses?

Many narrow quiet roads through mountains and valleys

Look at this stone arcade to keep cool


Photos insolites

Buxter night in Avignon
 
Honda and  Dax . Both could be the target of the robbers at the Panier district, best to chain them together....
 


If you dont want anyone to park in your driveway , you install a device on the pavement...

 
If you don t want people to park in your street, you close the street with a gate

 

Provence : le soleil brille, les cigalles chantent



Goodbye wet and cold, miserable Pyrennees; the only place for the sun to be found is Provence
Another trip to the lovely Gorge du Verdon

 Great corners
 Moustiers
 Sainte Croix

La Gorge du Verdon
 
Went to Marseille to visit Francois, a long time journalist friend and ended at a Media conference in Aix en Provence

  
 
Marseille is quite an interesting city
 

 People walking upside down

 The effect of a huge Mirror, ceiling at the fish market

Cathedrale La Major
 

Les mosaics au sol
 
 Le Musée
 

Le Panier is a very old district

Savon de Marseille is the best soap in the world

 Vamos a la playa....ou au bar boire un pastis!(going to the beach or to the pub?)

 
 
At the fish market, the fisherman cleans the fish on his boat parked just behind his wife stall
 
 
 A visit to the Calanques is a must, some people own a ,cabanon (fisherman s schack) no water, no electricity but a boat or two in the driveway....
 On a hot day the bay is bathing in fog
 Beaches are busy
  Calanque de Morgiou
Tough walk up the Calanque at Sormiou
 
The best way to cook muscles for a party
 
 
 
 
 


Went to see the arrival of the Tour de France in Marseille, they come so fast this is what you get....

The leader

The peloton

JC and Chris took me for a nice ride on the Gineste, Cassis, Gémenos, Le Castelet best windy roads

 
All ending with a glass of mojito at the Pointe Rouge Sunset



 
Riding through the Lavender fields to the next venture