France

Just want to capture a few memories of France.  Spent a week in the south - Avignon, Arles & Lyon.

• Beautiful architecture in all the places
• Surprising number of beggars/posh kids playing at living rough
• Delicious fruit - cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines
• Delicious cheese & bread
• Apricot & lavender jam
• River Gard warm for paddling, Med quite cold
• Nightingales singing in woods near Pont du Gard
• Winnie from Hong Kong was a delightful companion around the Camargue
• Wonderful sight of flocks of pink flamingoes
• Smooth & easy travel on the trains
• Never seen such an amazing large hall as the dining room at Palais des Papes
• No mosquitoes in Camargue, but they made a beeline (?) for us that evening in Arles
• Wine/beer quite expensive in restaurants
• Swifts & housemartins everywhere