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June 14, 2024
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- Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 8:29 PM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 625 m
- Switzerland Aesch 47.331326, 8.65601447°19’53” N 8°39’22” E
St. Marie-de-la Mere
June 11, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
TravelerWe will be spending one week in Saint-Marie-de-la-Mere. Dieter and I were here right at the start of our relationship in the summer of 1980. I remember very vividly how we got a horrible sunburn. We also went horse back riding. We are curious how much it has changed since then....
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- Day 1
- Friday, June 14, 2024 at 4:49 PM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 234 m
- France Cornin 45.691846, 5.89433445°41’31” N 5°53’40” E
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Zürich-Saint Béron
June 14, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
What a horrible summer so far. We left Switzerland on rain (what else 😏) and arrived half way down of our journey in Saint Béron in rain again. The journey went well. Not too much traffic. We made a slight detour to Aix-les-Bains. We made a quick brisk walk along the lake. It was extremely windy. Brilliant for all the surfers. They were really fast on the water. Aix-les-Bain is not particularly a place one needs to see. We booked a room in a lovely French Farmhouse and went for dinner at a Cusco restaurant. It was almost odd to eat Peruvian here in France. Nice restaurant though. The French Alps which are not far from here are still full of snow 😳Read more
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Traveler The lake has also more water then normal
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Traveler Peruvian beer 🍺
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Traveler Tacos and Chili con Carne
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- Day 2
- Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 9:26 AM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 453 m
- France Massieu 45.436026, 5.57927145°26’10” N 5°34’45” E
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Drive to Avignon - Saint Marie-de-la-Mer
June 15, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
When we woke up this morning at the lovely old farmhouse, it rained out of buckets 🫣. Horrible. The other couple staying had their wedding today. Not a nice day in June 😏. After a lovely paysan breakfast we drove on overlooking nice contryside and lovely French villages.
Eventually the rain stopped, but it stayed cloudy. We passed a lot of fruit trees, walnut trees and lavender fields.
Sur le pont d'Avignon.... who does not know that song!? Well our first stop is in Avignon. We have been here in 1980, but apart from the bridge we both can't remember the ancient village at all 🤔. We absolutely loved Avignons and it was not yet full of tourists. Hate to think how it will be in a month time 🙈.
We arrived in Saint Marie-de-la-Mer. Quite a lot of tourists here. We have a charming apartment a bit outside with a small pool all to ourselves 🤩Read more
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Traveler Walk around the old town
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- Day 3
- Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 12:03 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- France Étang de Galabert 43.446457, 4.61712643°26’47” N 4°37’2” E
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Réserve naturelle national de Camargue
June 16, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We decided to drive along the big Réserve naturelle national de Camargue to see Flamingos. The reservoir is so big that the Flamingos we saw were for the Mobile camera almost too far away. We need to go to a different spot... we noticed the Flamingos are looking like they have white feathers rather than pink ones. This is due to what they eat and find in these naturelle reserves. We had lunch in a very hidden restaurant near Villeneuve. Despite the location it seemed well known. It was packed and the service was a bit chaotic. My Loup de mer from the grill was delicious 😋. We went on to the Salin de Girod, which was a real waste of time. We saw only the factory and no saline fields. We also saw lots of huge rise fields. The famous red riz de Camargue is beeing cultivated in this area.Read more
Traveler Difficult to spot the Flamingos
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Traveler The huge Réserve naturelle de Camargue
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- Day 4
- Monday, June 17, 2024 at 11:07 AM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- France Pointe de Jean Place 43.457667, 4.44950643°27’28” N 4°26’58” E
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Bike ride along the sand Dyke
June 17, 2024 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
It was a bit cloudy and rather windy in the morning. We decided to take the bycicle 🚲 and cycle along the sand dyke. Till the lighthouse it was 13 km one way. It was not all easy cycling. From the dunes there was a lot of sand in the way, which I did not like. The last 2 km was also rough going due to uneven terrain. All in all it was a nice aktive day out. We saw a few Flamingos. Again they were quite far away. No Chance with the Mobile camera! We had a small snack in Saint Marie-de-la-Mer. There were a lot of tourists around.Read more
Traveler The day started a bit cloudy
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Traveler Easy ride on the sand dyke alongside the sea
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Traveler Looking out for Flamingos, which we did see
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- Day 5
- Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
- 🌬 25 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- France Maguelonne 43.481424, 4.38989243°28’53” N 4°23’24” E
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Salin Aigues-Mortes
June 18, 2024 in France ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Today we cycled around the huge Saline d'Aigue-Mortes. The entrance to take the bycicles in was rather expensive with 38 Euros for 2. After all we had no guided tour or anything like that. We did the 12 km cycle trail and climbed up one of the Saline mountains for the view. Afterwards
we went into the very pictoresque old town for lunch. It was packed with tourists. After lunch it got quiet. Don't know where they suddenly all went 🤔. We enjoyed it much more that way.Read more
Traveler The cranes filling the big Bass with salt
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Traveler A tractor on a salt hill
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Traveler Stunning colours of the salt water
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:41 AM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- France Étang de Ginès 43.488162, 4.40668543°29’17” N 4°24’24” E
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Parc d'Ornithologique Pont du Gau
June 19, 2024 in France ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Today we decided to go to the Parc d'Ornithologic du Gau. It was built by a wealthy family and is a paradise not only for Flamingos which can be seen at a near distance, but other birdlife too. We even spotted a beaver at the end. We walked along the whole track, which was long. Most people just do the first bit where the most birds are. There it was packed. We did the whole Parc. Where we could spot fewer birds we were almost alone. Luckily it was not so hot like the other days. Not sure I would have managed the whole circle in the summer heat 🥵.Read more
Traveler An other birds than the Flamingo
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Traveler Here they are from much nearer distance
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Traveler Some how odd birds
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- Day 7
- Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- France Arènes d'Arles 43.677348, 4.6303943°40’38” N 4°37’49” E
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Arles
June 20, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
It rained all night quite strongly and this morning it was still very wet. It change between rain and sunshine. We did not want to just hang around, but realised it was not good enough for cycling.
We decided to go to the old town of Arles, hopefully by the time of arrival the rain would have stopped. Not quite, but soon after lunch it was dry. Arles is a beautiful old French town with a huge Amphitheater. Almost as big as the one in Rome. There are a lot of churches and Museums to see. Van Gough was living and painting here. There is a museum dedicated to him. There is also a huge ancient underground system, which is accessible to the public.Read more
Traveler The Amphitheater from the outside
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Traveler ... from the inside
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Traveler They have bullfights and other theater Produktions here
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- Day 8
- Friday, June 21, 2024 at 1:39 PM
- 🌬 24 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- France Vidourle 43.535376, 4.13239643°32’7” N 4°7’57” E
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Aigues-Mortes- Grau du Roi
June 21, 2024 in France ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Today was our last day before driving home tomorrow. An other sunny and warm day. We packed the bycicles and drove one again to Aigues-Mortes. The cycling path are better there than here in Saintes Marie-de-la-Mer. We first cycled to Grau du Roi. A seaside resort not to my liking. Too many big hotels at the seaside. We had a nice lunch though along a canal. We cycled back to Aigues-Mortes and then took the Route along the Rhône, which was really nice. All in all we did about 40 km. Bring really thursty we went for a beer in the old town of Aigues-Mortes before heading back to Saintes Marie-de-la-Mer.Read more
Traveler Ugly seaside resort Grau du Roi
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Traveler Aigues-Mortes much nicer
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Traveler A lot of boat are here
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- Day 9
- Saturday, June 22, 2024
- 🌬 25 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- France Maguelonne 43.481406, 4.3899843°28’53” N 4°23’24” E
Drive back home
June 22, 2024 in France ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
We started our approx. 750 km journey back home in beautiful sunshine. Traffic Was easy to handle. Shortly before the border into Switzerland it started to rain rather heavily, which made driving for Dieter not so easy. All in all it was a smooth drive and we had only small Traffic jams at the well know spots on the Bernese motorway.
What a week we had while it was mostly horrible in Switzerland.Read more
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Trip end
June 22, 2024