We drove back through the Pyrenees Mountains and on to Arles in the French Riviera where Van Gough lived. We did a 15 minute walking tour of Arles and saw where he painted the starry night picture, the Van Gough café and a bull fighting arena. In the past bull fighting used to end with the bull dying which no longer happens these days, a ribbon is attached to its horns and the aim is to remove this rather than kill the animal. We saw the amphitheatre built by the Romans which is still used today and the coliseum. We walked past a circus with all the animals in their cages including a big tiger! We then drove along the Cote d’Azur on to Nice in the French Riviera where we set up camp, had a few glasses of wine with dinner and walked 1.5km to the beach past a theme park only to find it was a stone beach! Still very nice and enjoyed a beach sunset.
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| The beach in front of our campsite first thing in the morning before we left - yes they are people sleeping in the sand! |
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| The drive back along the coast |
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| Driving back into France |
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| More wineries as we drove back into France |
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| Back in France |
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| Almost at Arles |
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| The circus was visiting Arles - poor tiger! |
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| Tiger stuck in a cage |
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| The entrance to Arles |
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| Walking into Arles |
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| The streets of Arles |
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| The Arles coloseum! |
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| Bulls coming to town! |
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| Streets of Arles |
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| The Arles coloseum |
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| Arles |
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| Main square in Arles |
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| Main square in Arles |
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| Van Gogh's cafe! |
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| The entrance to Arles |
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| Looking back into Arles |
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| The river Van Gogh sat by to paint |
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| Where Van Gogh painted the 'starry night' picture |
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| Totally safe - for sure! |
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| Wind farms |
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| Pretty French countryside |
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| Driving through the mountains to Antibes |
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| Scenery along the drive to Antibes |
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| Driving into the French Riviera |
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| Frogs legs for dinner!! |
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| The cook tent in action! |
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| Our camp in the French Riviera |
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| mmm mmm |
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| Tastes like watery, fishy chicken! |
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| Sam my tent mate getting into it! |
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| The Agenda for the French Riviera |
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