As we bid farewell to Cassis, we know another adventure awaits us in Arles, our home base for the next 2 nights . Arles was the hangout of Vincent Van Gogh and the town is filled with reminders of him. In addition to the Van Gogh sights there are plenty of Roman ruins for us to climb on and investigate. But before we reached Arles, we made a stopover in Saints-Maries-de-la-Mer in the heart of the Camargue.
As legend has it, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene came ashore at Saints-Maries-de-la-Mer and lived out their days in France. The town is very Spanish in character, as is Arles, with bullfights and colorful costumes as they would wear in Spain.
After a quick stroll through the town we headed deeper into the heart of the Camargue which is one of France’s nature preserves. It looked very similar to our Everglades, only without the alligators. It is famous for its wild bulls, white horses, and pink flamingos. Terry captured our photo of the day of some wild flamingos in flight. The experience was truly awesome.
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| Wild flamingo in flight in the Camargue |
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