Bachwig travellers: Meze and Sete...seafood!

Meze, Sete

Thursday, 11 October 2012
Our last breakfast at what has become one of our favourite Chambre D'Hote. We are off to stay in a village called Perpieux which is near Carcasonne. We set the GPS for Meze as it had been recommended to us as a place to visit. When we are not in a hurry we avoid the toll roads but the route was not pretty and just towns...and some French towns are not that nice!
So we headed back to the A road and then were quickly driving alongside the Etang de Thau. After a bit of guessing we followed the signs to the Port Carpark and found ourselves at the beach - of sorts. It was getting hotter and hotter! Given the.car was loaded with all our gear Bruce carefully parked it under a camera. There was a wee marina with restaurants all around it- all serving seafood of course. So to Michael's frustration we checked out the menu of each one and finally chose the second one we looked at. We think that's part of the fun but Michael doesn't think that is to much fun.
It was a lovely meal and I had to try the local oysters. We chatted to the couple next to us - he was German and his partner was Polish. They live in Germany and had rented.a car to come away for a few days. We then headed into Sete to have a wee explore which was nice. It was very very hot especially out of the breeze. Sadly that has been the last of the hot for a while as ones we left that area it got cooler - and of course we were a little bit higher.
We headed off to our Chambre d'Hote in Perpieux. The town is a nothing much town and there reason we were there was it's proximity to Carcassone.. I had really difficulty finding a reasonably priced place in this area. Val and Mike are English and bought the place 7 years ago. Space wise it was great with two huge rooms and a bathroom in between. We had dinner with them which was nice as Michael really needed a night 'at home' and in a quiet room.