Castres

After Paris we drove South to Castres where cousin Nancy and her husband Sasha joined us for a few days. Nancy introduced us to the French pattern of life – ensuring that we are at a restaurant by 12:00 as no shops are open until 15:00 and they stop serving at 14:00. Of course the next challenge is to find a restaurant for dinner – need a good one so best be there by 18:00.

So here we are at a restaurant close to the site as we had not planned sufficiently far in advance to go further afield.

In Castres there was a great little boat ride down to the city centre.

Where fortunately there was a restaurant close to the quay.

Castres is a beautiful little town although pretty hot.

So we headed to the shade.

Meanwhile Tieve headed to a fountain which was just her height – we have a series of shot of her getting progressively wetter. The shrieks of laughter over this 10 minute experience were something to behold.