My son James and Pauline (pronounced powlina because she is German) arrived in Montpellier to stay with us for a week. Their flight left Gatwick at 06.40 which means that, even though they live just down the road in Brighton, they had to get up at 04.00. Ouch!
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This weekend is La Feria de Pentecôte in Nîmes, so we went in early evening today, Sunday. It finishes tomorrow and Sunday is likely to have more people around. Nîmes buzzes during these events and tonight was no exception. Having walked around the town to show the sites to Pauline, we went to the bar at the top of the Carré d'Art. Unfortunately it was a champagne only night in the bar (you will see why later), but because all the other bars were blaring out very loud, almost unpleasant level music, this is like a little oasis. The balcony overlooked the stage that had been set up to the side of the Maison Carré, so it was a good vantage point to see what was going to happen later. We had front row seats but we had no idea who was on the bill. Well, after an hour of sinking bubbly (I have to say that I much prefer the local stuff from the cave cooperative at Carnas) who came on but the Gypsy Kings. Wow, a free concert (except for the champagne), weren't we lucky?
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