Road trippin´ through the South of France
a few ideas on where to be and what to see...
Bourges
+ take a walk in the park around the cathedral
+ feel like a witch in the city center with its 15th century timbered houses
+ eat snails (if you dare)
Cremieu
+ see the medieval town center
+ if your french isn´t perfect don´t talk to the grumpy woman in the local bakery
Grenoble
+ snatch or buy some walnuts of Grenoble
+ don´t get caught if you choose the first way
+ buy wine directly from the producer
+ buy cheese and a baguette, open up the bottle of wine and the nuts - feel french
Gorges de l´Ardèche & Pont´Arc
+ have a look at the milkyway in the mindblowing clear night sky
+ visit the "Caverne du Pont d´Arc" a reconstruction of the "Chauvet Cave" where the "first artists" left their paintings and engravings in the cave around 30.000 years ago
+ try to convince yourself that it is not a reproduction
+ spend the day bathing beneath "Pont d´Arc"
Orange
+ see the Roman Theatre and the "Arc de Triomphe" in the town center
+ have a walk in the hills behind the theatre and get a free glimps at its interior
+ relax with a coffee in a street café
Pont du gard
+ do a pic-nic or a canoe tour underneath the aqueduct or simply contemplate it for a while
Arles
+ admire the soft light of Arles
+ search for street art in the suburbs
+ visit the Amphitheater and the roman ruins in the city center
Avignon
+ have a walk around the ancient palace of the pope
+ speculate, standing on the bridge of Avignon, if half a bridge should still be named a bridge??
+ buy macarons
Marseille
+ buy soap in Marseille
+ take funny pictures of the reflections at the bus station in the old harbour
+ join a walking tour in the "Parc National des Calanques"
+ buy me the Starbucks mug "Maseille" I missed out on
Aigues Mortes & Parc Natural Camarage
+ come for the festival of town in October and see how a bull runs freely through the city center only flanked by three horse riders
+ see the huge salinas in front of the gates of the city
+ make an afternoon trip to "Le Grau du Roi"