Céret is a border town located in southwestern France at the foothills of the Pyrénées with both French and Catalan influences.
And when I say home base, I mean we are quite comfortable staying here in the same apartment we’ve rented for the past three years.
“Ciel Bleu” is perfectly located in Place de la Liberté close to the shops to fulfill our every need and want from “boulangeries, boucheries, pâtisseries” to wine shops.
There is also a fresh fruit and vegetable seller right across the street .... all is within easy walking distance.
And let’s not forget the many cafés and restaurants, plus there is the gigantic Market that takes over the many streets of Ceret on Saturday mornings.
On our first full day, we strolled the many streets and lanes reacquainting ourselves with the town ... checking out what was still the same and what had changed.
This view from “Ciel Bleu’s” balcony may be familiar!
I never tire of looking out to the mountains, people watching in the Place de la Liberté and waving Bonjour to the neighbours.
And views of the blue, blue skies over the tile rooftops ...
The beautiful dappled sunlight ...
Some of the usual characters are still hanging around ...
The Mairie adorned by both the French and Catalan flags!
This is the latest time in the year that we have visited Ceret and even though the sun shines brightly with warmth, signs of Fall/Autumn are evident in the changing colours of the leaves.
The oh so beautiful, majestic tall plane trees that line the streets!
On our stroll back home we sauntered through La Place des Neuf Jets and as Monsieur Honey looked up he saw our Kiwi friend, John hanging out his fourth floor window (not literally) waving Bonjour and extending an invitation to come up.
We enjoyed reconnecting / catching up with Karen and John who this year had only arrived early on in September from New Zealand. They split their time between their homes in New Zealand and their meticulously, restored apartment home in Ceret.
We came away with a couple of must try restaurant recommendations.
We exchanged “a bientôts “ and hopefully we will meet up again before our stay in Ceret is over.
We had an enjoyable day and quickly all became familiar again.
What will we be doing tomorrow?
