So… I've let the blog languish again… In an attempt to catch up, I'll try to post pictures with minimal exposition.
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| Beaches of Gruissan |
When we last 'spoke' we were in France with several other couples. One of the days was spent traveling to the seaside town of Gruissan.
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| Gruissan |
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| Regine's a bit cold |
It clearly was not the correct season to visit the French seaside, but we went anyway. And shivered the whole way!
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| Gruissan |
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| Grumman's closed for business by October |
I am sure during the summer there are plenty of beautiful people in topless bikinis and budgie smugglers holiday-ing on this very deck.
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| Gruissan |
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| Village streets |
We then went to a nearby medieval village to see the sights.
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| Guiana with Tour Baberousse (Redbird Tower) in the distance |
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| Inside Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
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| Inside Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
There was a several hundred year old church dedicated to the wayward sailor.
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| Inside Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
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| Inside Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
We climbed crumbling rocks to get to the old-school tower that helped protect this once-thriving port town from invaders and pirates.
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| View walking up the hill to Tour Barberousse |
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| Tour Barberousse |
At the top of the tower you could see across the wee village to the seaside.
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| View from Redbeard Tower |
Selfie skills!
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| Selfie time! |
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| Interesting detain on Gruissan building |
Our friend, Brook, hanging out beneath a mural near the church of the wayward sailor.
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| Brook's chillin' in Gruissan |
French village cats are tres chic, non?
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| Find the kitty |
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| Find the kitty |
We then made our way to a small vineyard. Our only French speaker stayed back at our Air B&B and the host could not speak English. However, the host could speak German (kind of) and our friend, Dan, can speak German (kind of), so by hook or by crook, we tasted French wine with information communicated in German and relayed to us in English. It went as well as could be expected.
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| Wine tasting at Chateaux Ricardelle |
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| Narbonne Cathedral |
On our way home we briefly stopped in the city of Narbonne to see what sights we could see.
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| Narbonne Cathedral |
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| Nave of Narbonne cathedral |
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| Organ in Narbonne cathedral |
The still unfinished cathedral was stunning, as was a recently discovered, really, really old mural. The trouble with going way off the beaten tourist track is there are often no English plaques explaining what we were seeing. And Google translate only gets you so far!
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| Mural inside Narbonne cathedral |
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| Door in Narbonne |
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| Narbonne cathedral |
And then we called it a day and headed back to make another feast of a dinner for the eight of us. What fun!
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