Monday 7th April

Mum and Grace went home this lunchtime. We spent the morning looking round the shops again, packing the car, buying cake for them to take home, and had lunch at Cafe Cheri. Croque Madames and orangina. While we were there Mary phoned and said they we going to walk up the hill at 1.30, so after we had eaten I said goodbye to mum and Grace, and went to put on some warmer clothes. After all for of us had arrived we went to the big supermarket and got some plums, nuts, drink and I’d bought some mini-eggs from home and started up the hill. It only takes about 1/2 hour from the cathedral. We sat up there for quite a while. There is an amazing view and when the sun was out it was really warm. We also planned a trip to Montpellier for next week to get some proper sun. Mary has a friend down there who says we can stay. On the way down we bumped into Marys parents again, who were about to walk up themselves. Then we collected our laptops and met up at Cafe Cheri to check out train prices and accommodation in case we wanted to stay longer. Hummm, it looks like all french people head to the south in the holidays, as accommodation was very sparse. We gave up and decided to think about it again tomorrow. That evening we went to the cinema to see ‘The Darjeeling Limited’. We had arranged to meet at 8.30pm and I was running late so thought i’d be the last one there. Instead I was the first! Mary took a long way round, Liz got lost and Mika and Grace were just late. It is a very good film, I would recommend it. Its quite arthouse, and had a slight feel of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ to it. Funny and emotional all at the same time. After the film Mika took us to a Moroccan tea bar, which reminded us all of PoNaNas! Liz and I had a really nice Banana and coconut smoothie/cocktail thing, whilst the others all had different teas. Also there was Henri and other friend of theirs Guilliam. Then they all came back to my little room! I was the one with a house nearby and a guitar, so we had a mini impromptu guitar, wine and cheese party. Its amazing how many people you can fit in such a small space.