While preparing for my trip to the South of France, I’d read about a pretty little villiage where mimosas were featured, Bormes les Mimosas. I stayed there the first night after the TVG (fast train) to Toulon. This actually IS the way to the villiage.
In spite of a small psych-out with the manual transmission of the rental car, reverse next to first; really Opel?!? I made it.
Blossoms everywhere and the warm afternoon sun was releasing a heavenly scent. I wandered around; climed to a high point above the villiage where I could see even more. Yes, that blue in the distance is the ocean.
Breathed a lot. Had Un Kir on the terrasse of the restaraunt, overlooking the valley and the sea in the distance. However, at that time of day, the favored item seemed to be huge and beatiful ice cream concoctions. My hotel room is one of the windows in the center of this shot.
I loved the way that the succulents on this corner made it look like someone had wrapped up the corner for Christmas.
The next day, I visited the nursury and on to Domain du Rayol, more later.