Sightseeing

Thursday 19th October 2017 Armed with the tickets we sourced the previous day we set off to Istres station to get the train down to Marseille, the second largest city in France. On arrival at the station, the door was firmly locked and notices posted that it was due to the strike. Luckily we noticed … Read more

Wednesday 18th October 2017 We needed to check out the locality of the train station, to take Le Train Côte Bleue into Marseille, as well as parking facilities. Our host at the camp had suggested we use Istres station, which was just a little north of our site. We had read that there was a … Read more

Sunday 15th October 2017 Another glorious day and we were making our way to Nîmes. It is in the Occitannie region and once an important outpost of the Roman Empire. The name had cropped up a few times whilst we were at the Pont du Gard. (Also known as the Nîmes aqueduct). The city of Nîmes has … Read more