We arrived in Marsielle on Nov. 10 in the afternoon after a long flight from Detroit to Amsterdam and a short hop. We then boarded a shuttle bus (navette) to the train station (Gare St. Charles) and took a train to Montpellier. Our friends met us there, helped us pick up our rental car (Citroen Picasso 5-speed) and very kindly drove us to their home in a little village in the countryside.
The bureau of Languedoc is beautiful. We are in an area of big hills (small mountains) with vineyards, cattle, sheep, and horse farms. The weather started out cloudy and cool and then turned sunny, breezy, and still sort of cool. Today we walked up the curvy road up the mountain behind our digs to visit the famous windfarm here and check out the view of the local hills and villages. What an enjoyable day! We've visited several of the local towns and villages and plan more country style sight seeing.
We have a concert scheduled for Thursday in the local community center. There are posters all over the village. It's being organized by a couple of our friends' neighbors who heard Ruth sing when our friends invited them over to meet us last Tuesday. We'll post pictures and a report in a subsequent post.
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