Campanile - Valence

... a sign for ¨degustation¨(tasting). We ended up in teeny villages with specatular views and even better wine. And these places are not like the wineries back home. It's usually somebody's garage or cellar (you literally walk into a cave sometimes) where they pour bottles without labels, for free of course, and have their kids help them with the paperwork. When talking about how long they've been around, they don't speak in terms of years; but in ...

found a great little town in Provence.. and as they say "when in Rome (Provence)"... we had a great meal in true french restaurant... happy to be away from tourist food... and had some very nice red wine........ just a stopover but a friendly little place and nice hotel...

on the road again...

... en bois dur. Souvent ce sont des bois presque fosilisés dont on peut voir de façon très marquée les veines celles-ci dessinent des arabesques qui vont être utilisées pour donner sens à la sculpture. Au départ le sculpteur n'avait pas le droit de modifier la racine , juste la polir aujourd'hui il a le droit de sculpter le bois ...

... belles boiseries 19ème siècle. L'immense table a été forgée par le maître des lieux ! Et puis n'oubliez pas d'emprunter la volée de marches qui conduit au petit boudoir situé en haut de la tour pour y découvrir la vue sur le Rhône et la vieille ville. Sérieusement, vous aviez ...

... lavande. Des garrigues vibrant aux sonnailles des troupeaux de chèvres et de moutons et un ciel toujours bleu.





Maison de la Pra : en plein cœur de la vieille ville de Valence





Maison de la Pra : en plein cœur de la vieille ville de Valence





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Bonjour mes ami,
This will give you some idea of where we are and what sort of countryside is around us -
We are living about a km outside of St Barthelemy on the road to Lamastre and about 7 km from Lamastre. St B is very small and has little except for houses, school, a mairie ( the council which each town has) and a bar which is also the post office and bread depot. Each town by ...

... 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 ...

You know you have been away from home for a long time when you start speaking english the way foreigners do, like in my title.

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... We zaten beiden in Equipe 1 en hebben beide spelletjes verloren. Reden hiervoor was 1 van onze collegas...in zijn laatste spelletje gooide hij een 8tal strikes. Sja:) We trokken onze stoutste bowlingschoenen terug uit en reden terug naar huis. Het was toen al 2u snachts en we moesten rond half 8 opstaan. Het leven van een werkmens...het is iets!! De fotos van zondagmiddag staan hier ook bij. Fête des Bouviers..carnavalstoet in Lorion met kermis. Arrividerci