We spent the day at Perpignan, which is the Catalan capital in Southern France and belongs to the French only since 1659. It’s flair is mainly mediterranean with a  splash of arabic. You can enjoy a bottle of coke there at the Bar and Britz,  a venue on the Place de la Republique which is run by a former Rugby professional.

We made it to our destination without any problems – so we’re in Southern France now! On the first day, we went shopping for food, prepared the house our friend Ralph let us stay in and went to the beach in the afternoon sun. Very pleasant!

Today the last session of Nadine’s current set of chemotherapy ended, tomorrow we’re travelling to Southern France for a holiday. Yes: H-O-L-I-D-A-Y!. Back in December, I feared that this might never happen again, but now it does.

We take a plane fron Stuttgart to Barcelona and make our way up the mediterranian coast to the loveley little village of Fitou , which is located midway between Perpignan and Narbonne.  And which is close to Leucate. Or let’s say Leucate-Plage. Which means that there is a beach. Yes: B-E-A-C-H!