September 2008 Archives

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:53:26 +0000

aux fines herbes

I am back from a really nice holiday, driving around in the Provence.

Best stuff:

  • Driving. If you are not street smart roundabouts work a lot better than crossings with traffic-lights and separate lanes. Instead of having to (try to) change lanes at the last moment, you just enter the roundabout and take the correct exit. If you are slow just drive around twice. Also French drivers seemed to be less stressed out than Austrian ones.
  • Driving in the Alpes Maritimes. The really sharp hairpin turns are fun with a small car. (We had a Citroën C1.) The absolute highlight was the road from St-Saveur-sur-Tinée to Roubion. A narrow street in an impressive gorge. (I am grateful we had almost no opposing traffic.)
    Hairpin turns at Col-de-Braus
  • Fromage. (We even stayed in Banon for two nights.)
  • Parc National du Mercantour. Great hiking, and we saw eagles in the wild.
    looking from Col du Barn to Mont Pepoiri
  • Scenery: Loads of it. Gorges du Verdon was as impressive as I could hope for, from Mont Ventoux (basically a huge heap of gravel) we saw up to Mont Blanc, then there was the rocky coast and the sea at the Cote d'Azur, etc.
    Cap Dramont near Agay

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