On Saturday it was mostly pouring with rain with occasional thunder and lightning so we spent the afternoon having lunch in a restaurant near the Place de l'horloge. Steak frites is a feature everywhere but the steaks are small and tough and not worth the trouble. It's better to be a bit more adventurous. A bottle of wine and we were well satisfied. We were surprised to wake on Sunday and hear that the storm had brought devastating flooding and up to 20 deaths just down the road at Antibes and affecting Cannes and other towns. We are off to Nice on Thursday and hope things will be relatively normal by then though the poor people affected won't be concerned about our travel plans.
On Sunday we took a good walk around the city and found the famous pont D'Avignon. It's just a remnant of a much bigger structure which seems to have fallen down every time there was a significant flood. The Rhone river here is massive and would be very hard to span. The bridge was only ever very narrow and used mainly for foot traffic - the fact that they put a chapel in the middle didn't exactly add to its usefulness. Just saying. So here I am 'sur le pont'.
After all that walking and exploring, not to mention the 42 stairs to our apartment we had to adjourn to another lunch on the square. Life's tough!
Here's Warwick hors de combat.
I've found that none of the restaurant staff, shopkeepers or anyone I have had to deal with speaks English. I've been quite chuffed that I have been able to hold my own quite well. Boast brag!
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