Hameau de Valouse Nyons

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...

... 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 ...

LOST

The plan was supposed to be straightforward.
Follow the directions and bike 46 km from Orange to Bédoin on the rustic backroads flanked by vineyards and sunflower fields. This, after all, was the "Warm Up Ride" of Day 1.

What do I do now? I wondered as I stood all alone, staring at the oceans of vineyards on all sides with no sign of life close by. My bike-mounted GPS displayed a labyrinth of roads so small that there were no names displayed. It was ...

Mont Ventoux – Thursday 4th June
Mont Ventoux – many have attempted it, many have failed, one has even died (R.I.P. Tommy Simpson). The highest in Provence at 1910m, Ventoux is a legendary mountain in the cycling community and is a regular favourite in le Tour where winners and losers have been decided on its unforgiving slopes. The decision to climb it, I have to say was taken fairly lightly. There it was on the ...

Sunday 31/6/09 Vaison la Romaine Roman sites Today was spent wandering around the Roman ruins at Vaison. There are 2 quite extensive areas of excavations into several grand villas, a streetscape and a theatre. The theatre apparently seated 6000, more on the scale of a sports stadium perhaps. It was interesting to see all the mechanics of the buildings exposed, such as plumbing, sewage and drainage which ...

Saturday 30/6/09 Vaison la Romaine Today we caught the tgv from Paris to Avignon, picked up our leased Renault and drove up to Vaison la Romaine. The train trip down from Paris was only 2:40 minutes and very smooth. It was a duplex carriage and we had great views of the countryside from the upper deck. Much much better than driving. I had hoped to get cheaper prem tickets but it is a long weekend and ...

... alles presenteren wat we gedaan hebben in de 3 maanden voor het hele bedrijf: een 60tal personen. Iedereen was heel tevreden over ons en werden er heel wat flessen champieter geopened. Verder kregen we ook nog een tas met vanalle kadootjes waaronder een pot Nutella (ze noemen ons hier Les Rois de Nutella) Bon, dit is onze laatste blog vanuit Frankrijk! Bedankt aan iedereen voor het lezen en tot in België!!!!!!! xxx Ben & Hans ----Over and out----

... Bren was most unhappy for the 20Km.


Viviers a funny little very old walled town (nasty alleys) but the aire by the river was nice, and has electricity.

... Comparés à moi, on dirait des champions olympiques ! Je prends l'habitude de dire bonjour à chaque personne que je croise. Le paysage était, encore une fois, superbe, et nous avons terminé la journée en beauté avec une 2e tartiflette et un dessert de crêpes... C'est si agréable de s'endormir le soir d'une aussi bonne fatigue. Je me couche tellement plus tôt qu'à Montréal, vers 22 h, et je me sens beaucoup plus en forme avec ce rythme de vie.

... the Opera branch but could not get through to anyone. In theory our money should be available on Monday, before we leave for Le Croix Valmer, but we have doubts about their efficiency. So many things have gone wrong so far. Yesterday a trainee teller managed to withdraw money from our cheque account, which we then found was empty. We quickly gave it back and asked him to cancel the transaction. Otherwise who knows what the consequences might be? At least the girl today ...