Heading South

The day began early on this day of transit. By 6:00 we were at St. Pancras Station, the station devoted primarily to international travel by train from Great Britain. Unfortunately, for reasons made clear later - they were fixing the air conditioning - our train was delayed by 1 1/2 hours. We had some breakfast and finally boarded the Eurostar TGV. It took us 1 hour to get to the chunnel and 20 minutes later, we were in France. This train certainly steps out, I guess averaging 200 kph. There were only 6 stops, one in England, then Lille, Marne la Vallee (Disneyland), Lyon, Avignon and Marseilles. If we had known that this train stopped in Avignon, we could have arranged to pick up our car there. Live and learn!

The great weather continues and it was 34 degrees C. when we arrived in Marseilles. From downtown Marseilles, we had to make our way back to the airport where we were to pick up our car. We took the bus for 8 Euros 30 and then walked a mere few steps - Dawn might have a different story - to the Peugeot depot. Once we gassed up, with diesel, we set out for Cairanne. We stopped for a few essentials, like foie gras and rose, at Carrefour in Orange. We can almost do this drive in our sleep - not recommended - and we hit Cairanne just as the sun was setting. It was still 30 degrees but a fabulous breeze kissed the terrace. We toasted our arrival and had a duck parmentier (duck shepherd’s pie) and salad for dinner and as they say, a good time was had by all. Vive la Provence!!!!!