Hailstones in St. Raphael!
27 March 2013
Having sailed along the south coast of France, it was good to see familiar places again but also great to discover new ones like St. Raphael.
We’d had a lovely drive from Montpellier across the salt flats of the camargue area where we saw exotic flamingos sunning themselves but as we arrived in St. Raphael, the skies turned steel grey and the heavens deposited hailstones upon us in biblical proportions! We had to sit in the car, outside the hotel, for quite a while until we braved the dash to the door. The noise and feel of the hailstone hitting the roof of the car was quite something. The rain continued but luckily, Asie Delices, a Chinese/Thai fast food restaurant, was right across the road and that’s where we got our Asian food fix.
The next morning the sun was out again and we strolled round to the marina to see what was happening there and join the locals for a cup of coffee. We sat and listened to a group of men next to us talking about the merits, or not, of buying a Lotus car. We didn’t have time to linger and join them though, we hadn’t found anywhere to stay yet!