Next Stop - Narbonne, France

We sadly left Avignon and made our way to our last French town before our holiday continues into Spain. Originally we had planned to go to Nice but had heard it wasn’t that pleasant so changed our destination to Narbonne. Narbonne was the site of Narbo Martius, the first colony founded by the Romans in 118BC, from which the town derived its name. It came up in my research as one of the pretty towns in France to visit and we are hoping that is true.

The dark clouds have followed us and once again we have arrived to a new town and grey clouds. We did our usual luggage drop and headed out to get our bearings and see what Narbonne is all about. It actually isn’t that busy and it appears a lot of places close for an afternoon siesta, something we really hadn’t seen much of until now.

We stopped for lunch where Brad had a pot of mussels and I opted for a hamburger (yes again as there wasn’t a lot on the menu that I felt like). It was a very nice lunch and the drinks were cheap. It is nice having cheaper food prices here as it has been a lot more expensive than we have experienced on our previous trips.

We wandered up a few street after lunch, just trying to get a feel for the place. It has a very different feel to our previous stops and while it is a nice town it hasn’t won me over yet, and I’m not sure why. It is clean, it has some beautiful buildings, lovely laneways, everything I love but I’m not sure what is missing. Tomorrow will be our day to experience more and see what Narbonne really has to offer.Read more