Le Paradis Mollans sur Ouveze

... 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 ...

... the proprietor and my friend misunderstood what he said about our reservations. She corrected him and he got all snooty on her and told her something like, "Well if that´s the way you want to talk then we can do it that way" and proceeded to give her some attitude. We finally went to our room and I did my best to control my laughing at him. It was pretty ridiculous for a mere misunderstanding.

After getting our ...

... 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.

X X X

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 ...

... and visited one of three remaining Roman theaters in the world. It is 2,000 years old and has been to Hell and back, but it's still standing and people perform operas there. A statue of the Emperor looks out at the audience from the top to remind everyone who is in charge. We were told that his head is removable so that they didn't have to create a whole new statue every time power changed hands; just pop off the head and replace it. When ...

... also a player in this dish. I tried Lucy's salmon and it was excellent. The mousse spread on bread was particularly good.

For her main course Lucy had sea bream filets and scallops on fish mousse, cardomon flavor and Norway lobster cream. I had tartiflette with fresh salmon, reblochon cheese and potatoes. It came in a little ceramic pot, rather like a classic French onion soup with the cheese melted on top. It was ...

... in Asian restaurants and we didn't feel that was very authentic (oh, and they wouldn't let us share - they tried to make us order a plate each, no thanks!) so we ended up at a little cafe ordering hamburgers..... which came out as a half-cooked mince meat patty thing.. quite unappealing. But doused in a whole lot of sauce they were edible and we were on our way to continue exploring Avignon (read: find an internet cafe to satisfy our facebook cravings ...

... 29579;月௚ 0;相机在照É 02;一张我和( 060;汤的照片 3601;exhausted了，镜& #22836;也收不回 去了，此情 ;况一直持ಱ 3;要第二天Ą 89;上充好电 290;

... 30340;&# 39184;厅吃了顿& #22823;餐，回屋 休息了一会 ;儿，4点左Ö 91;我们就出 457;前往Avignon，% 027;里正是Theater Festival（戏剧节 ;）的时候ᦁ 2;街上到处ų 17 ...

... et bientôt, un véritable débat est lancé dans l'autobus sur le thème "Est-ce que le retard de 10 minutes est grave ?". Des insultes imagées sont échangées aussi facilement qu'une balle sur un terrain de tennis. J'assiste silencieux au débat, contente de ne pas me faire remarquer ou de devoir y participer. Le soir, nous logeons tous dans un petit hôtel très près de la gare, prêts à nous lever très tôt pour prendre le vol pour Charleroi du ...