29 December

DSCN2915 December 29 - The discovery of this poster of a Ferran painting set off a minor internet research binge Michel Ferran, now almost unfindable DSCN2918 The Hotel in the morning light DSCN2919 Pollarded sycamores near the parking lot DSCN2920 The morning adventure was to drive to the top of Mont Faron
DSCN2921 The steps to the first major overlook DSCN2922 The road up was one lane across very steep slope with no guardrails! Luckily, it was one way! DSCN2923 Christine overlooking. The hill in the center was yesterday afternoon's outing. DSCN2924 Toulon is a (the?) major port for the French Navy.
DSCN2925 Place names! DSCN2927 What a view! DSCN2928 The Harbor DSCN2931 Of course, always something about WWII!
DSCN2930 A Sherman tank DSCN2932 The valleys coming up from the coast DSCN2934 Lamy, as in Fort-Lamy DSCN2936 Of course they were closed
DSCN2937 Rock wall art DSCN2939 Mediterranean pine forest DSCN2940 Limestone cliffs DSCN2942 The Mercantour
DSCN2945 Light and shadows DSCN2949 Mont Coudon DSCN2950 Light, water and trees DSCN2951 French Zen
DSCN2956 Ommmm.... DSCN2958 Twisty road down to the Toulon equivalent of Foothill Boulevard DSCN2959 The road gingerly steps down to the town DSCN2960 The Harbor at Toulon with Notre Dame du Mai in the distance
DSCN2962 From Toulon to Grimaud, another place visited en famille in 2000 DSCN2963 and another al fresco lunch DSCN2964 One of the essences of France DSCN2965 Crenelations and the Golfe de St-Tropez
DSCN2966 Rooftops Grimaud DSCN2968 The chateau de Grimaud was well documented in 2000... DSCN2969 and again in 2014. DSCN2970 Vivi and Bri were in the previous version of this photo
DSCN2972 Christine momentarily braving the su DSCN2973 A platform on which we took a photo in 2000 with Eric, Guilhem and his boys. DSCN2975 Arrested decay DSCN2977 Grimaud encore
DSCN2978 Terraces and tower DSCN2980 Leaving the chateau DSCN2981 Streetscape DSCN2982 Another possibility, but in the end too small
DSCN2983 Window art DSCN2984 Window art DSCN2987 Not my motos! DSCN2988 We saw no one in town; they were all here, in the sun, eating!
DSCN2990 From Grimaud to the seaside town of Les Issambres DSCN2991 where we learned of a hiking path right at water line DSCN2995 The water DSCN2996 The littoral in France is a public space
DSCN2998 Christine and waves DSCN3000 A restaurant's weird "improvement" of the coast DSCN3001 The path went a good distance DSCN3003 Sometimes it was hard to find
DSCN3004 More water... DSCN3005 flushing the rocks DSCN3006 The littoral DSCN3007 The path runs to the right of the wall
DSCN3008 More waves DSCN3009 Wind and waves DSCN3012 There was absolutely no restaurant open (Monday, between Christmas and New Years, during a cold snap) so once again we picnicked in our hotel room.