We keep changing our mind and now find ourselves heading north again. We left La Grande Motte on Thursday morning and headed for Agde as planned. The town looked very pretty as we were driving through. However, the campsite was a bit far out and there didn't seem to be any public transport. We both had the feeling of, "lets move on", so we did. We headed for the A75 and the town of Millau. That is where the famous Viaduc de Millau is designed by Sir Norman Foster. It really is a tremendous feat of engineering and so beautiful. We stayed last night on a site in Millau and today we have arrived in Vichy. The intention is to spend three nights here at least. The town is quite charming as most spa towns are; a bit like Buxton. As long as we don't mention the war and collaboration we should be ok. An added bonus is that the camp site has free wi-fi; hence this blog.
The plan is now to head towards Paris, stopping at Orleans on the way. It means that we are going to get to Paris well before we planned to; but what the heck. If you have got to kill time somewhere it might as well be Paris. There will be plenty to do.
I have just read my book of the year. If "The Book Thief" was my book of 2008, then this is definitely my book of 2009. It's called "The Sixth Lamentation" by William Brodrick. Thanks Kathy for the recommendation! It was brillant.
Some stats for Dave - 1324 miles so far, but averaging less than one bottle of wine a day. I was always noted for being abstemious. Might have more tonight as we are not moving on in the morning.
Take care everyone. See you soon.
I've found some extra stats on the Viaduc de Millau here
ReplyDeletehttp://www.leviaducdemillau.com/english/divers/actualites.html
and educated myself on the Vichy government from here
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWvichy.htm
and am shocked and appaled