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France Wine Tour: Day 9 - 4th June 2008
On David's recommendation, we made a detour on departure from Avignon to visit the Provence markets in St Remy. What a selection of cheeses and local produce. Delicious! We bought 5 different cheeses, local dried meat and fresh bread.

We drove the back route out of Avignon towards Marseille, passing the village of "?". which had a fortress carved in stone at the top of the hill.

Back on the autoroute, we stopped for coffee in St Trophez. Not exactly on the way, but in an effort to see how the life of the rich and famous lived, we did a slight detour. However, the township of St Trophez is not where the beautiful beaches are, so all we saw was a lovely wharf lined with characters buildings, where all the super launches were docked. We had our super expensive e$8 long blacks, and were on our way.

We finally arrived in Nice at 7.30pm in the evening. It was a long day driving, we should have taken the train. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. The weather closed in and it started raining. Luckily we had a great apartment in the centre of the Old Town. Our friends from London joined us, and we enjoyed cheese and fresh bread before heading out to the local wine bar.