Auberge Du Vin Mazan

... over 1.5 million tourists each year as it is the source of a natural spring. It's wierd seeing a fast flowing river and then walking 50 metres "upstream" and there only being a trickle.. and then a bit further and no water... nothing but a big cliff straight up!

The town itself is nestled in a valley and is particularly pretty at dusk when rocks take on the colours of the sunset ...

... was a stop along the way. So we headed to our track. However, the signage was confusing and we ended up going downstairs only to learn we had gone right by our track, which was upstairs. We scurried onto the correct track and hopped on our train with only a couple of minutes to spare.

When we went to our reserved seats, a man was sitting in one of them. It turns out that we were on the wrong car and we had to ...

Curse the Mistral - it has been blowing for 3 days non stop and it is gale force and freezing cold. It appears to have abated slightly this afternoon and our local guide informed us that it stops after either 3 days, 6 days or 9 days so we are hopeful. Last night it ws like sleeping under a jet ready for take off all night. Poor Big Mama got rocked around and it takes a lot to move her. A big ...

... and i haven't been in touch, but i'm here now.....i think i will just need to have jason drive me there before i loose my nerve....

so i was told at dinner that the ******* had plateaued off today as i did not feed him any salad. i think thats a bit of a misnomer, as plateau seems to imply level off to normal levels, but in this case, its like level off at 80% instead of 120%. so basically, i am destined to a life ...

... room exhibitions on fabric printing in the Provence style, a furniture collection and portraits from a locally prominent family and some paintings. The first floor was given to a temporary exhibition of photos of famous people and artists, sponsored by Paris Match magazine. We enjoyed it, but were not sure why Sharon Stone was included.

The guide books recommend seeing the Arch du Triomphe in Orange. It is very large and ornately ...

... the word until he eventually threw his hands up and yelled out, "OH in-TER-net!". Ok now despite his slight French accent, he pretty much said it in exactly the same way as we had been for the past 5 minutes. So we were all a bit confused by that encounter but glad to have directions for an in-TER-net cafe.

However our problems didn't end there. His directions were... confusing at best. We found ourselves wandering the streets of Avignon with no ...

2009年7月29日
$ 335;线：酒店-&g t; Marseille(马赛)-> 酒店

马赛 ;，大城市ᦁ 2;很乱，人ô 56;多，很无 842;，海景不 8169;。
午饭୲ 5;意点了 ...

... 34920;演，& 750;常有趣。
王月在一ߑ 0;小摊上买É 02;一只会猪 483;的木头猪
2290;
注：Hotel: Logis Toppin 强烈推荐， ;二星的价੬ 4;，三星的ũ 36;量。

... Our hosts were an Irish lady and her French husband who was very thankful that Glenn spoke a little French. He said that he had been speaking in English for 3 days and needed a break! The food included stuffed vegetables for entrée, duck for main, caramelised bananas and chocolate ice cream for dessert and of course cheese after that. We were spoilt with unlimited red wine (that was pretty damned good), and a digestif after that. We enjoyed the company of our hosts ...

... and to Belgium!! (and Leuven)! At least I got a pretty good meal today, but damn I'm getting bore of my backpack! --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ----------- October 1 Another month done in France. I left quickly to have a taste of Aix en Provence and its thousand fountains and immediately after I head direction Grenoble. I walked for a long time but I got what I wanted: a nice ...