Sète

On Wednesday we popped to Sete which is just outside Montpellier, for the day. Sete is known as the Venice of the Languedoc region and is a small bustling port with canals and a cool vibe, kind of a bit like Sumner, Cuba Street and Eastbourne all rolled into one.




We were there on market day and got to have a stroll a around the fish market which was, smelly, there was also a famers market and a rather large sweet stall, which Benny and Naomi loved.




The lady in the tourist information said we should go to the top of the hill, for the view of Sete, and it would take us about 30mins to get up the hill, which had 400 steps. So, about 30 mins later, after getting rather lost and tired from walking up the hill, and after asking two locals for directions, we finally reached the steps! Here it definitely started to feel like Wellington - there was even a piece of vertical land for sale, which reminded us of home;)




Got to the top, and we were rewarded with a lovely view, not unlike the view from Mount Victoria actually, but I do normally drive up there. In fact, there were quite a lot of people at the top, and suspiciously, I hadn't seen any of them on the steps...






As we were going to a seaside town we had obviously promised Naomi and Benny that we would be going on the beach. Little did we know it would be so far away! So, after about another hour (!) of walking, we finally made it to the sea. It was getting a bit dark by this point, but they were so happy. What good parents we are.







It was a really fun day, with lots of fresh air and exercise, which is very good for us at the moment with all this wine and cheese that is being consumed, and no shops (er..apart from the wine shop) which is great for Alex, so he was happy with me;)

Here is the lovely Sète at nightfall. Notice our cross at the top of the hill - we climbed up that hill we did!







Love
Est xxx