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- Up into the Alps for the day
Met up with our guide, Cyril, and (just for the day) travel companions, Brenda and Scott, for a train trip up into the French Alps. The weather was perfect, the views stunning, and the commentary excellent. Passed by picturesque Peillon, L’Escarène and Sospel before disembarking and taking a bus to Saorge-Village. Toured the charming town and church. (Baroque style because the pope at the time ordered that churches be flamboyant). Visited a former Franciscan monastery and had Cyril-made pissaladière and rosé in the beautiful terraced garden. Rode in a van to La Brigue for al fresco lunch and then a drive to the fascinating Our Lady of the Fountains church. Back into the village for a tour including a bee “fortress” and the ruins of a castle bombed mostly to rubble by Napoleon.