Hello,
More than once our tour guides talked
about the rain with the phrase, “It almost never rains here.”
I suspect the rain was a bit more welcome
for them than it was for us. Certainly we gave our umbrellas a lot of use. I am
grateful for the inventor of such a device which is portable and protective. All
in all, the rain was only a drenching, puddle jumping deal two times. The rest
of the rains were much more manageable. Often it was a light mist.
Our next day was spent in
Saint-Tropez, France which is a rich person’s place to settle in on yacht or water
front home. I was interested to see the nurseries or green houses that we
passed. On the bus I could not inspect up close, but got an idea that many plants
were used to dress up their homes. The countryside was green and fertile
looking. Surely it rained more in this place even thought it was sunny and
beautiful. There were vineyards from time to time.
To get into this port the ship could
not come very close so we went to land on the tender which held about 50 people.
Certainly a much more intimate view of the water than we could experience on
the ship.
Many guides also told us how lucky we
were to visit during the off season as tourist numbers are much smaller. Many
of these places talked about a million visitors or even more per year. We did
not have to stand in line or try to keep track of each other in a sea of
people. Because it was the off season, venders of one treasure or another would
try to tempt us to try their wares or sample their culinary delights. Leroy and
I did not buy very much as we have too many things in our possession that we
need to eliminate some day.
Paula
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