We spent the morning in the magnificent rocky environment of Les Baux de Provence:
Then we picnicked in a nearby grove of olive trees:
On the road to Arles, the ancient Montmajour Abbey was the source of Catholicism in the Royans (my homeplace):
Stately Arles:
In Arles, I saw for the first time a Rugby World Cup poster:
Back in Marseilles, Natacha led me into the mysterious basilica of St Victor, near the Vieux Port, where I saw the celebrated Black Virgin.
To wind up a dense day, we were invited to dinner by Natacha's parents. In the middle of our pizza meal, my dog Sophia decided to piss on the fine dining-room carpet. Then Natacha's father invited me to use Flight Simulator on his computer to fly a plane from Grafton to Yamba and back. An exhausting day! And I missed out on seeing O'Grady winning the Paris-Roubaix cycling race. But it was a truly splendid day for me.
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