A Bientot (Until the Next Time) Collioure



A Bientot (Until the Next Time) Collioure

Collioure – Day 3

Woke to sunny blue skies, went to an old favorite “Café Sola” two doors from our hotel for Petit déjeuner.

We went for a stroll around town.

The French Marines were at it again, completing a very difficult obstacle course in the cold sea this morning,

Why so many Marines?  The 18^th century citadel, Fort Mirador is now home base for the French Marines.

We visited the waterfront church, “Our Lady of Angels” with its

foundations built into the sea, and with its lighthouse bell tower that use to guide the fishermen home safely. (the building to the right in the photo below)

We walked to far side and saw the waves splashing against the rocks and buildings.

It was on this beach in 2003, that I first put my feet in the Med.

We strolled some more and returned to an Art Gallery we visited the previous night to make a purchase.

Galerie Dumortier

Here we found some prints that appealed to both our tastes, made a purchase to take home as a souvenir of our trip.

Conversation with Bernard Dumortier was easy ... told him my maiden name was "Mortier" from Belgian descent. He said he was from the north of France originally.

In the summer he lives and operates his Gallery in Collioure; while during the winter months he lives and has his Gallery in Toulouse.

He kindly let us take his photo and gave permission to post on the blog.

http://www.galeriedumortier.fr/

So you can see Collioure is full of Colour!!!

We then headed back to our little of piece of France in the Lot Valley.