Saturday October 8, Mende

The fabulous jazz band playing in the streets.

Woke this morning to a change in the weather, some rain overnight and quite a bit cooler. The mist was floating around the hills and noticing a lot more yellow in the trees since we arrived here.

Drove the car into town this morning, to save the walk home up the very steep hill and parked quite close to town, Saturday is market day. We meandered up through the streets towards the cathedral. There were three different market places scattered around and we enjoyed mingling with the crowd enjoying the different market stalls. Noticed a number selling wild mushrooms, which seemed to be very popular. Guess this is the season for them. At one place they were finishing a cooking demonstration, couldn’t understand a word!

We could hear jazz music and came across a fabulous group of four, dressed like steam punk rockers sitting on the most hilarious contraption of bikes, as you can see in the photos. After some time they got back onto the “bike” which turned out to be electric and meandered down the street to another section of the market. So enjoyed watching and listening to them, it really made our day.

Found a café and sat outside for a late lunch enjoying watching local life pass by. Another brief shower came along and we were off to the car. Another very relaxing day enjoying this town.

A very autumn looking morning.


Such a beautiful cathedral



A very narrow alley, with the
walls of the building appearing
to buckle.



Field mushrooms for sale.



So enjoyed this jazz group.





And then they were off on the bike!!!

Such a variety of roof tops.

Comments

Vicki Bright said…
Your photos are fabulous. I see why people vist France. That band . . . what a gift.
Anne Riddle said…
Looks amazing. I love that band.
Rainie said…
Great pictures and the colourful jazz group a highlight. A perfect day xx