Took the train from Barcelona (after saying goodbye to Kim – sad!) and picked the car up in Perpignan, France.

Day 1 of our Cote d’Azur road trip went as follows (pretty much entirely unplanned):    Perpignan –> Canet-en-Roussillon –> Peyriac de Mer –> Montpellier –> Marseille

Miles walked:                5.5
Miles transported:      ~300

Canet-en-Roussillon

And off we go! Took off from Perpignan and headed for Canet-en-Roussillon, an adorable little beach town on the Cote d’Azur, to check it out:

Saw this awesome sand art there:

SAMSONITE! You naughty little turtle!!

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Peyriac de Mer

Made a coffee stop in this random and adorable little town along the way, which was home to a beautiful lake!

This is one of my favorite pictures of the whole trip:

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Montpellier

Porte du Peyrou (Montpellier’s Arc de triomphe):

La Promenade du Peyrou:

Church of Sainte-Anne’s steeple in the background:

Streets of Montpellier:

Church of Sainte-Anne:

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Marseille at Night

Notre-Dame de la Garde beautifully lit up at night:

The desolate streets of Marseille: