Elsien's Traveblogue

 We have found this little teashop in one of the little streets of the old city where you can buy any tea you like, even J's favourite Sencha Fukuyu - it's always a bit embarrassing asking for it though.
Then off to the covered market in the centre for nuts and dried fruit. They do olives as well but had run out of liquorish.
 Opposite is the cheese seller - as General De Gaulle said, how can you govern a country that has 450 different kinds of cheeses? The ones on the picture are not even a quarter of the display. 

 Finally of to our little local square for a beer and some lunch. The owner is Vietnamese and the salads are quite oriental. They do a mean Pad Thai, which I always go for. In the evening the menu is more extensive, with a lot of fish and during the day they do Oriental style 'tapas' : nems, tempura, battered prawns etc.
The 'Natte & Dread shop closed almost a year ago, but the painting and the floral window are still there. The real glory of the square is the amazing mural - see below. The shaduw of the big old trees makes it look even more realistic. Some of the windows are real, but most are trompe-l'oeil. There are a few of these in Montpellier.