27 December

DSCN2839 December 27 - our plans to explore the back country were aborted in the face of snowfall that in the end spread chaos all over the French Alps. Here, a market in Saint-Cézaire sur Siagne DSCN2840 No need for refrigeration today! DSCN2841 Crèche in Church DSCN2842 The donkey reminds me of Eddie Murphy for some reason
DSCN2843 Christine and Eric discussing the fine points of olive culture at the weather deteriorates DSCN2845 Landscape DSCN2846 Roadscape DSCN2848 Waterscape: following at canal that takes water to Cannes
DSCN2850 We skip the tunnels DSCN2852 and arrive at a spring: all this flow comes from the spring DSCN2854 The spring originates back in this cave DSCN2856 A surprising amount of water flows out here
DSCN2858 As we drive toward Mons the landscape rises as does the wind DSCN2859 No photos from Mons as the storm reached a crescendo there with strong gusts and lots of rain. We ate lunch in the car, fogging up the windows. DSCN2860 We came back via Cabris, which disappeared for 150 years in the Middle Ages after the plague killed DSCN2862 This is where Nikki and Christine stayed
DSCN2863 Once again, the dead are right at hand. DSCN2865 Eric posed us in front of the gates to the chateau.