Left St Remy, the birthplace of Nostradamus, after a quick look at the area over the road from our hotel – the clinic where Van Gogh spent time after he mutilated his ear! It is now a tourist area (of course) with highlighted areas around the grounds that may have inspired his various paintings. Also nearby is the Triumphal Arch, built by Caesar to celebrate his defeat of the Greeks and Gauls in 10BC. Such history abounds!
We drove across the Var, mostly on the A8 (tolls again) and down to St Tropez – busyish even out of season so we didn’t stop but could admire the local artists displaying their work on the quai Jean-Jaures, the houses and cafes and more luxury yachts. There are many nice little beaches along this stretch of the Cote D’Azur some with beautiful sand and others pebbley.
We got to Nice in good time to return the Peugeot – not a scratch to be seen thanks to Mark’s good driving and parking and some care. The rental man was most impressed as it is usual to return the new car damaged and in fact the next client displayed just this with some significant dents!!
Arrived back in London at 8.30pm after delays leaving and then queueing to land at Heathrow. The hotel here is one week old so nice and new, clean and fresh and quite a contrast to the last few weeks. Leave for LA tomorrow early evenng.
