The elegant Millau bridge is actually a viaduct. From afar it looks like a fleet of yachts and signals to the south-travelling Robinson group we've reached the fringe of the Languedoc area in France where we've holidayed for more than a decade. I needed something noble and beautiful for my mobile's home page. This fills the bill.
I cannot imagine going on vacation in the Languedoc area in France. You are so lucky. More pictures, please. What was the food like?
ReplyDeleteColette: the Languedoc (trans: tongue - ie, language - of the Oc; which is what they used to speak down there, centuries ago) is a large, foot-shaped region, extending along the Mediterranean coast from the Spanish border in the west to - roughly - the city of Montpellier in the east. Much of it is wild, mountainous and very beautiful. Also there are many vineyards, once of very poor quality (the wine was then shipped away in bulk and turned into industrial alcohol) but now many are excellent.
ReplyDeleteIt's a long, long drive for us since we are near the border with Wales in Britain: so it's 200 miles, skirting south of London, to the UK entrance to the Channel Tunnel (a mere 35 minutes; compared with 90 minutes by ferry) and then 1049 kilometres (652 miles) from the north to south extremities of France, complicated by the fact that one has to bypass Paris either to the east or west to avoid adding hours to the journey. We always take two days; more recently we've daringly opted to drive THROUGH Paris on the return journey on a Saturday. The traffic's lighter and it's more fun
To get a somewhat eccentric impression of our French holiday try my sadly ignored post, Where we've been recently, on August 2.
It is a truly magnificent sight, designed by an Englishman I believe. We have trundled our Harleys under it many a time on our marathon tours of France, staying at a quirky little hotel in Millau for a day or two. Good times.
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