A Walk Thru History

Today we followed the "Office de Tourisme" suggested walk to discover various historic sites in the town of Uzés ... this will be a short (it took us many steps to see it all) photographic tour!

                  

                        

                               

                       

If you want a full historic tour (with all the details) come visit Uzé.

Art in Uzés.

After a wonderful night's sleep, we ventured out to discover the wonders of Uzés ... actually a few of those wonders were discovered last evening when we ventured to the tower to enjoy a glass of wine and the sights!

Our apartment (pied à terre) has access to a small terrace in the tower ... with panoramic views of the town!

We strolled down our street into Place aux Herbes where the Art Expo was underway.

Monsieur Honey discerningly checked out the various displays of art. 

The work of one artist appealed to us both ... that of David Jamin.

www.davidjamin.fr

We acquired our first souvenir of this trip ...  an acrylic painting entitled ...

"Trois petits au ballon rouge". 

The artist said it was inspired by his own young daughter.

In my eyes and heart this could be my three sons or any of our grandchildren playing with a red ball.

                 

The morning passed quickly and it was time for lunch ... We ate at a quiet corner restaurant on the square (Plancha).

I enjoyed Loup (bass) and Msr. had his favourite ... lamb chops!

 

                 

And today we had our first Café Gourmand of this trip ...

I had forgotten how delicious this was! 

We shared it of course ... as Monsieur Honey says " We can't let ourselves go!"

It was a great day in Uzés, we even found a "Brocante" that was open and of course we had to check it out!

After our busy day we returned to the comforts of our temporary "pied à terre"  for a quiet evening.

A Taste of Cassis

If it is Saturday it must be Uzés!

This year's adventure has us in so many locations that I have the details recorded in a day timer (calendar)  something I haven't used since I retired.

This morning we departed Le Castellet on the next leg of our Tour de France with a side trip to Cassis a small ancient fishing port on the Mediterranean.

One last look before leaving Le Castellet...

It has sandy beaches, a harbour lined by pretty pastel coloured buildings and Calanques fiords.

I saw white cliffs as we were driving but had no idea what they were ...   

Calanques are cliffs that plunge into the turquoise seas.

From the harbour you can take boat tours to view them up close and personal.

Unfortunately we did not have enough time to be able to enjoy the boat tour today ... It does give us a reason to come back!

At 10:30 in the morning this little place was already busy.

Sunbathers lay on the beaches, families with their children enjoying the parks and carousel, the men playing pétanque in one of the squares, and many locals and tourists strolling the polished stone streets checking out the many unique shops and of course the many cafes / restaurants.

We even discovered a beautiful garden ...

                

We arrived in Uzés in time to get the keys to our pied à terre for the week.

Stay tuned for Postcards from Uzés.