St Remy de Provence & Glanum

This morning Craig and I set out on our own for a longer day. We first of all drove to Glanum, which is a site for ancient Roman/Greek/Gallic ruins south of the pretty Saint Remy de Provence village. It was quite large and there were some very interesting/preserved parts. It does pale in comparison to Sicily but we did enjoy seeing it and it is amazing how much has been found. We then drove into 'Remy' managed to park the car - not easy and then found the Tourist Information Office. We wanted to follow the Van Gogh trail and see the institute he was admitted to which was a mental asylum he stayed in for a year after cutting his ear off. However, it was Monday - so we briefly followed the trail which was interesting and then had a nice lunch in the main square (called Place here). We saw another very dark, Gothic church (St Martin's) with some good remains but once again the Italian ones are SO MUCH BETTER!! I am sure France has gorgeous churches - just not in rural Provence ...so far. When we left we aimed to go and see the Tarascon Castle - a fortress on the River Rhone but the car park was not accessible and when we followed the road it took us over the river to Beaucaire which was a pretty town with a canal and lots of boats. Onto our home in Uzes, however for whatever reason "Bridget" our car GPS (which is actually better than "Madalena" our own GPS), took us a completely different and easier way home... wtf it is beyond us. Nevertheless, Craig's driving continues to amaze.Read more