Mediterranean meanderings

Today we drove to Martigues & then along the coast towards Marseilles. Stopped for a fabulous lunch in Martigues, a fishing port/village not quite on the coast, but on a lake near the coast. Had a very old town centre, & was very pretty with all the boats lined up, the flowers in the streets & the blue water.

We are going to try to extend our stay in St Remy rather than move on. We can do day trips to the places we planned to go, & packing seems an unnecessary extra if we can stay a few more days in the cottage.

Mum is telling me she is enjoying the driving, as we all are, as there's lots of scenery such as castles on hills & orange sunsets & grapevines with autumn tones. She is also enjoying the fact that Jen & I are driving... it can be hair-raising on NARROW streets, between lines of trees where there is no extra bitumen on the side of the road. We started off with a BMW but have changed to a Dodge. Our "Wiggles Car" as it is a Big Red Car, which leaves little room for error when driving.

Mandie, hope you made it home safely & had a good trip.

Heading back "home" now, to our comfy cottage!

Luv from us x