Chateau D'Urbillac Lamastre

... the vineyards of the famous Chateaunuf-de-pape region. It is better than you thought, seriously. We found a couple domaines in the hills that were actually open on Sunday, and then headed into the town where we had probably the best experience on our entire trip. We came upon a small wine shop, and the owner poured us the best wine we'd ever had, and topped it off with stories about the wine, his family, life in the Rhone, you name it. It was ...

... 1/5 de sa surface. Cela donne des formes naturelles auxquelles le sculpteur donne une signification en ajoutant le plus souvent un visage sur une silhouette drapée dans des replis naturels. Le résultat est souvent d'une beauté surprenante.
Donc à la semaine prochaine pour les photos.

Ensuite l'aventure continue à Pékin

... qui a donné à la maison sa configuration actuelle au 16ème siècle déjà, la chambre Claude Frère, Président du parlement de Grenoble qui fit percer la rue au 17ème pour donner un accès direct à son hôtel particulier et la chambre Lesdiguières, dernier connétable de France et ...

... Amélie de Laurencin qui aurait, dit-on, fait battre le cœur de Bonaparte, alors jeune lieutenant en garnison à Valence.
Et avant de refermer la lourde porte, prenez le temps d'un petit déjeuner servi dans la salle à manger aux belles boiseries 19ème siècle. L'immense table a été forgée par le maître des lieux ! Et puis n'oubliez pas d ...

... get fuel - this is an experience in itself and I did wonder if I was going to be pursued down the road by a siren blaring mini car with two burly grenedimes wanting to know why I had forgotten to pay for my fuel. The system is that you fill up then drive to a small shed with a woman behind a window , try to tell her which pump you were at and then hope she shows you how much you owe her ...

... like a BIG W or KMART and again ask qbout GPS. The lady who spoke even less broken english than the man in the hardware store looked over at the security guard with a odd look on her face. We tried pointing and saying GPS a few more times in the hope it would translate to French.

But to all of our amusement the lady stops and gets semi animated and says 'we we G-P-S' and points to a glass cabinet on the floor behind her desk. We ...

... and swimming (lovely cool fresh water from the Alps and
the Massif Central). This huge flat valley, surrounded by beautiful
mountain ranges on both side I imagine would also be an ideal location for a family holiday.
The Chateau itself is really lovely and the 63 acres of grounds include
a forest, private 'mountain' with 100 mile ...

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... vineyards along the Rhone, we could barely see the truck beside us and the car ahead of us. Eventually even the French slowed down to less than 100kms per hr - their legal speed on motorways being 130kms, so their normal speed being in excess of that. We were invited to stay with Melvyn and Paull in the Ardeche. "Emily" was our travelling companion. Christened by Joy and Gary, she is their resident in-car GPS ...