Beaucaire

Auriane and her mother had a dentist appointment in Beaucaire and so they dropped me off while they took care of business. Before they left me, I got a map of the city with all of the national monuments and things to see. Anne-Francoise told me where her favorite was and that I should not go on the left side of the map as it is shady and there is not much to see.



We had a meeting point, a had the car key in case I needed shelter, the time was set and we were off. I headed on the main street towards the street that would lead me to the main monuments. It basically led me to the entrance to the town, which I was happy about. I got a nice shot of the bull statue and of a sign that warned people about bull demonstrations. I also found a tobacco store to buy some more minutes for my phone.

I headed into the store and began my wonderful French, asking for minutes for my phone. I am not sure of the pronunciation for minutes…so I tried about three possibilities and then I showed the international sign for cell phone. The woman asked me if I spoke English and we conducted business en Anglais.



After my business was taken care of I headed to the first monument. I was hungry though and smelled some wonderful smells coming from the left; after a short detour and an éclair later I was back on track. I found an old church and a beautiful square that had a statue of a dragon in it. I thought this was weird but did not question it; in France these things just do not seem weird to me until I write about it and then I am like, “what the…”



After the square I began to just walk. I got lost in the streets but they were beautiful. I found a painting that looked like a door that was closed and one that was opened. I just found beautiful things that if I write them, they will just sound stupid or usual but they were none of these, they were extraordinary. (you must look at my photo album in order to understand!)

It was getting late and I decided I needed to head back to the car. I looked at my map and had no idea where I was. This was one of those crappy maps that show the main streets and the monuments but not the streets of the town. I had long past any monuments and this map was of no real use to me. I decided to find a street that looked like it was a main street and walk down it. I walked until I found where I was on the map…I was on the left side of the map, where Anne-Francoise told me not to go. I was happy that I wound up there though, those were the sites that I wanted to see.

I made my way back to the car and met up with Anne and Auriane who both had a clean bill of teeth given to them.