St. Patrick's Day and we visit a Monastery

On the way to the Gite where we will be spending a week, we visited Monastere Notre-Dam de Clemence de la Verne. This is a 12th century building which looks like an immense medieval fortress. The monks left the monastery and it feel into disrepair. The Sisters of Bethlehem have done a wonderful job of restoring it. We went there after visiting the town of Collobriere. The sisters have a vow of silence and are allowed to speak and walk with one another on a Sunday. Only a fraction of the building is open to the public.

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Finishing off France - Les Beaux Villages

We finished off the French leg of the trip by visiting a number of lovely villages in the areas of France, bordering the Mediterranean and just north of the Spanish border. Le Canal du Midi Joe beside the canal near where we spend Easter weekend. The castle at Carcassonne

Sunday: A Day of Rest

Today we took it a little easier, enjoying a wonderful buffet breakfast at our hotel before heading out to Cubbon Park which was created in 1870. In the park and surrounding it, there were a number of buildings from the colonial days, now being swallowed up by the modern city. We walked about thirty minutes from our hotel to the park (not a small feat given the traffic and lack of functioning pedestrian crossing lights) and then had a leisurely stroll through the gardens. Many Bengalureans were doing the same. We also visited an Indian crafts shop on the way to the gardens. The final photo is from our hotel room.

विश्रम् - Vishram

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