A French Christmas market?

It's off to the bakers at 09.00 for 20 croissants, 4 pain au chocolat and 6 loaves of bread. Talk about the feeding of the five thousand. After breakfast and because it's a bright sunny day again, a hardy bunch take the dogs and themselves for a walk up the hill opposite the house, whilst I have to make yet another trip to the supermarket. Great!

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Dinner preceded a 3 car convoy into Nîmes for the Christmas market. The abundance of space in the car park was a indicator of what was to come. The market was due to shut at 21.30 and, after a particularly early dinner, we arrived with an hour to spare. The whole thing was shut up. It probably had something to do with the unseasonally cold temperatures, but hey, it's supposed to be cold at Christmas. Anyway, it was good to have a stroll and get some air and Nîmes was looking particularly festive with attractive Christmas lights. Next year I'll make sure to go in a little earlier (as in fact I'd suggested to everyone) because potentially there was lots to do and see. Bum.