Flower power and Spanish Masters

Tuesday 29th May

Carrieres de Lumieres. This place is on our list every visit to France. The first time here we saw Klimt, the next time Chagall, and this year is is Picasso and the Spanish Masters. We hit the place at opening time 9.30 and spent the next 2 hours mesmerised by the exhibition.

The support act to Picasso was called Flower Power and it had me hooked from the moment it started with the music, Simon and Garfunkels Sounds of Silence. This was only a 10 minute show and included excerpts of music from Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Beatles and others. Loved it!!!

I didn't recognise a lot of the artwork from the Spanish masters, but the production of the show keeps you enthralled with all the colour and movement and music. Wonderful!

By the time we left there were quite a few buses of tourists and schoolkids so we picked our time well. Not sure that the busload of Japanese tourists got the full experience - they were in and out in 10 minutes.

Now we are in Marseille for 4 nights. Rob is in search of a good bouillabaisse but so far neither google nor tripadvisor have given me the perfect answer. I think it is going to have to be potluck.