Monday

My  plan for today was to go to Sete, a waterfront town along the coast SW of here about 30 to 45 minutes in the train. However, today I learned about the impact of the  transport strikes. I slept in and was not in a hurry over a very pleasant breakfast in a nice quiet room in a hotel near me. Same price as a  noisy Cafe, but other tourists rather than locals. By the time I got to the train station it was about 9.30. I lined up to talk to someone rather than try to work a machine . The next available train was at 12.30. Quite a few trains had been cancelled. The train staff do not know until 7pm the night before what the next day's timetable  will be. So, no Sete today. Next time I want to go anywhere by train, I will get there early and have my breakfast at the train station. I was surprised at how big it was.. 

So, plan B . I continued my plan of catching all the different trams and  caught a tram to a place near  the Lez and went for a walk along it. People refer to it as a river, but the section I walked along  varied between a  large drain and a stream , hardly a river.

Another tram to get back. Lunch at the nice place 2 door along from me. I lashed out and had desert - coffee gourmand. It is on many cafes menus.  It is a coffee and some miniature things , creme brulle, 2 different  tiny little cake things, and some thing else. All tiny and delicious.