Sete
What a laxy day! It was not far to travel from Arles to Sete, where we were soon comfortably installed in our hotel at La Corniche, about twenty minutes walk from the town, five minutes from a lovely little beach, virtually empty at the moment!. The area is evidently quite new, with lots of rather ugly appartments, but it was fine for a couple of nights, combining beach and town. We were recommended some local restaurants and opted for Le Mistral, serving virtually only seafood. We ordered two local specialities, not really knowing what we would get. The first was deep fried baby squid, as on the left of the photo, and. I took seiche, which I thought was fish, but turned out to be octupus, as on the right of the picture. Both were rather rubbery, but still tasty. I probably would not rush to have them again, though, but was pleased to have tried something different. As it was such a glorious evening, we headed into the city, enjoying a rainbow on one side of the road and a ...