Southern France

After our hectic time in Rome our little holiday inside our holiday is off to a perfect start. The overnight train out of Venice was a nightmare, requiring a line change in Avignon at 5:00 in the morning, which was 2 hours late. Despite the delay we had no sleep-in leaving only about 4 hours for sleep. Poor Bernie, who was in my room on the sleeper train, was sick with a tummy-bug and I don't reckon he got more than an hour's sleep all night. Nevertheless once in Beaucaire things improved massively, Bernie was feeling better, the weather was amazing, the hotel fantastic. That night we went for a night stroll through Beaucaire before an incredible 3 course meal and bed feeling thoroughly. Today we went for a swim beneath the Pont du Gard, which, although the water was quite crisp, was certainly worth while considering it was about 30 degrees outside - in spring!

Harry Kleyer.