Fountain 29 Aix en Provence 10 August

 

Fountaine de la Rotonde

I am on my way to a German Bikers reunion.  

We met last year at the campsite in Tende.

 Our little convention grew over the week as all bikers German, 

and me, were invited to enjoy the gracious company and 

all mod cons camping kitchen of Andreas and Reinhard.

 

                     

                           The king pins held court at their fold up table under an orange gazebo

while 70's rock music thumped quietly from their laptop.

 From here they surveyed the campsite population as it wandered up and back to the shower 

block and shouted out humourous remarks to which Andreas would roar with laughter until tears filled his eyes. Reinhard's humour was dry. He laughed on the inside.

 I teased them and sang "The Andreas and Reinhard Show" to the melody of Bart and Lisa Simpson's favourite cartoon: "The Itchy and Scratchy Show".

Which, upon reflection, might not have translated very well.

 

 

 

Fountaine de la Rotonde  

12 meters high, 41 meters in diameter and built in 1860

The three marble sculptures at the top, each sculpted by a different artist, represent all that we, as humans, require for a good life- commerce and agriculture, justice and les beaux-arts.

The unabashed exuberance and flamboyance of this fountain suited Andreas and Reinhard.

Crossing over the roundabout to throw their coin was a bit of a brush with death-
something which always sharpens one's senses.