Pip got back to Port St Louis on 20 May. Both of us did the trip by train, partly because of having lots of luggage but mostly because we are very aware of our carbon footprint having flown to NZ this year. It cost more, not least because we both avoided the change in Paris, but was incredibly simple. St Pancras/Lille/Nimes/Arles. By the time you count waiting around in airports and the transfer from airport to station at Marseilles, travel time was about the same. Let the train take the strain!
On 22nd May we took the car (hired for a week) to the nearby town of Les Baux, situated in the Alpilles about 50km from here. We celebrated Pip's return with lunch in this lovely garden restaurant.