La Grande Motte

We are in the La Grande Motte - arrived last Friday after visiting Le Pont du Gard. La Motte is a strange place. It was designed and built in the the 60's and early 70's as a new resort. The buildings are all very futuristic. It is like being dropped into a 60's TV set of the Avengers or the Prisoner. You expect to bump into Patrick McGoohan trying to escape round every corner. The Rough Guide is unjust. There is some tack - it is a seaside resort - but the town is very interesting and very different. We are walking on the beach each morning and evening and the weather is hot. Today we took the bus to Montpellier. It is a lovely city. We took the tramway system into the centre and had morning coffe in Place de la Comedie before wandering around the old town. We will probably move on in a couple of days to Agde further west along the coast. We are enjoying La Grande Motte more than we thought we would.

We have not had access to free wi-fi for a few days so have not checked our emails. We are writing this in a bar near the port in La Grande Motte and even here we are having difficulty with email.

Hello, Chris here.

We are staying at a very shady site, which is very nice. It's full of young people and families, which is nice. The Jet-set is nowhere to be seen, although their yachts are here, hundreds of them. It's more up market here than tourist Spain (with prices to match), but we feel quite at home. We haven't been to a Med. resort for some years. We don't choose this kind of holiday any more. But it's proving to be relaxing. As Tony said, we like the quirkiness of the place, although maybe you had to be young in the 60s in order to appreciate it.

As Tony said, we only go to the beach morning and evening. We usually chill out for the rest of the day at the campsite. But today's visit to Montpellier was good. There were some lovely small squares in the old town, and I love all the tiny cafes squashed into odd little corners. We are now sitting in the light of the sunset outside the only bar with Wi-Fi. It's nice, though, by the marina.

We love all your comments, which we have only just found. They have made us laugh. Lots of love to everyone!