Servian: Walk on the Wild Side?

OK, Servian is not at all wild. But it is charming, full of life and history and a buzz that's missing in Abeilhan.

Abeilhan is peaceful, but sleepy. Well, dormant, actually.

Servian, as we discovered yesterday, has cafes, restaurants, shops and a small market that we really like (unremarkable, but full of fresh produce at Farmer's Market prices). And here's the clincher: It's 3 km (about 1.8 miles) from Abeilhan. We drove there yesterday, but we're thinking we could easily work up to walking there in the mornings (when's it's cooler) and walking back when we're done with our marketing and cafe-ing. A countrified fitness regimen of sorts.

Anyhow, we ambled up to the plaza and knew we'd found our go-to village.


Honey was dubious about the cat. With good reason. She seems to guard the whole square.


The old church and town hall were impressive as well. You should hear the church bells on a Sunday — glorious (as in glorious-hallelujah!). Truly splendiferous.



Servian is also the home of a gas station (that's occasionally open) with cheap fuel (for France) and an attached mini-mart that has just about everything under then sun. The wicked-hot, unrelenting Languedoc sun. Thank gawd the mini-mart's air-conditioned! We'll hang out anywhere that has A/C.

So that's the plan: morning walks to the neighboring village at least three times per week. We'll let you know how it goes!