Here we are in our new location - Villes sur Auzon - near Mount Ventoux. Lovely new studio apartment. English owner lives next door and an Australian couple arrived same day as us and will also be staying for a month. Going for drinks at owner's house tonight.
Since we arrived the Mistral has been blowing. It is very sunny, but very windy indeed. Good thing I'm fat or I'd be blown away by now!! Still we visited Avignon yesterday and Villeneuve de Avignon. The first is impressive and better if you enter the city from the North to get the whole landscape of it. It is a walled city and it was very important as it was for a time the Papal city, the only other after Rome. The Chateaux des Papes is quite impressive, although much destroyed by both wars and less than careful use by the army in the 20th century. Still, worth a visit. Villeneuve is across the river and more of a village, but very pretty indeed. It also has an old Fort (ruins really) and an old convent. The river Rhone that runs between the two is very beautiful too.
Today we visited Chateneuf de Pape. For the wine lovers amongst you - eat your heart out.... Lovely little village, surrounded by vineyards and lots and lots of places to try the wines. Shame it was 10 in the morning and Alan drives. Still we tried and bought a bottle of Chateneuf for the hell of it... Good stuff.
Went on to Orange then and visited the old amphitheatre. Good atmosphere in the town and interesting history. Good start for this new leg of the trip and looking forward to whatever is in store. Will let you know.
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