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24 décembre : Visite aux Baux-de-Provence
C'est la veille de Noël ce qui signifie que notre principale activité aujourd’hui sera de nous goinfrer en fin de soirée. Cela nous laisse donc le champ libre pour aller explorer un brin la Provence, d’autant que les magasins sont pratiquement tous fermés aujourd’hui. Il fait encore très beau aujourd’hui mais le Mistral souffle à pleins poumons. Comme le dit la chanson, il faudra bien se couvrir ! Nous choisissons d’aller ...
23 décembre : Préparation du Réveillon
En ce 23 décembre nous nous concentrons surtout sur les dernières emplettes pour le Réveillon de demain. Y a pas à dire, C'est difficile de se croire à Noël quand il fait 15 degrés à l’extérieur. Il y a bien le Mistral pour nous rappeler que nous sommes en hiver mais sinon, on oublie rapidement ! Nous allons faire un tour à ...
Ru-eens
... cliffs, with splendid views all the way down to the far-off sea. The fortress is but a shadow of its former self - the limestone has eroded away over time on top of the windy and weathery crag. But the site does a great job of posting placards with illustrations that show what the structures would have looked like in the middle ages and what life would have looked like within the fortress.
There is also an impressive array of seige ...
Sur le Pont d'Avignon
... an appearance in future city explorations.
We started with Palais des Papes, the large castle built in stages for the 8-ish popes that occupied Avignon. It has a very impressive, classic "castle" look. And free English audioguides with admission (with very long-winded narration!). The Palais admission was a combo ticket with the Pont d'Avignon (which apparently has a famous song about it that I'd never heard even though it turns up on Yamaha ...
Le Baux, Pont du Gard France
... kids buy a cheep lunch at a snack shop and continue to roam the town while Elaine and I have a sit down lunch of omelet's, frenchfrys, and salad, with a glass of wine (we are in Provence). A dog comes in the restaurant comes to our table and stays with us the whole time. The waitress does not seem to notice we have a dog, not our dog, at our table so we feed him french frys and enjoy his company. The kids check in ...



