Le Mas au Portail Bleu Provence

... 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 ...

We got to sleep in today and after breakfast headed to the train station to catch a train to Avignon where we were going to meet up with some other friends. Enroute to the train station I realized I had left my sunglasses at the hotel (hence why I purchase cheap ones and thankfully have numerous pairs back home). There was no time to turn around so we continued on in spite of this revelation. When we arrived at the train ...

... and get the plane to Singapore. We should be sleeping in a hotel bed this time next week at Bintan Island and while this has been a fantastic trip I will be glad of a bigger bed and some luxuries.

Very warm regards to you all - we are missing the dogs heaps and we pat as many here as possible.

More news soon but not sure where from - it may not be until Bintan.

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so today we arrived in Avignon (where I lived for 6 months when i was at university). I kept pointing out all the new arrivals and shops and Jason so kindly reminded me that they had 15 years to just 'pop up' so maybe they weren't that new after all.

had a very yummy dinner at a resto called New Ground (but typical french service). Tomorrow we need to fix the rear break light in the car (very nicely pointed out by a ...

... In the world-famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape we could have purchased many incredible bottles of wine to bring home and share with friends. Alas, since all liquids have been declared potentially dangerous to carry onboard planes, we were limited to trying them on site.

The town itself was very quiet. I expected more hustle and bustle, but perhaps everyone is busy squeezing the grapes just harvested from the fields. One advantage of grapes ...

... a handy little passport with pictures, addresses and phone numbers.

My little camera ran out of power, so I only have pictures from the morning available to upload. I'll have to do the rest of the trip pix when I get home.

Tonight we are having our big dinner out at Le Tout Petit, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that comes highly recommended. We made reservations for a very early dinner at 7:15. Bon appetit!

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