Another cool and windy day here. The upside to the Mistral wind is that it brings beautiful blue skies - a bright shade of blue that I've rarely seen before.This morning we drove north to the city of Orange where we stopped to tour through, guess what....a Roman Theatre in the old town - famous for being the only Roman theatre to have managed to conserve its stage wall almost intact, as you can see from the photo on the left. Today, concerts and operas are performed regularly during the summer. Have to admit, we never get tired of seeing the Roman antiquities in this area...we hope you feel the same way :-)
We then headed to the town where all that famous wine is grown, Chateauneuf du Pape.
We did a wine tasting at the Alain Jaume winery and Carl bought a magnum of their top Chateauneuf du Pape - apparently it will keep well for another 30 years but there is little chance we'll allow it to stay uncorked for that long!
We headed back to St. Remy de Provence and strolled the streets. I shot a few photos of various shops and buildings - it's such a beautiful town - very quaint and charming. Very quite this time of year but the summer months are a different story.
Tomorrow we leave for Eze - a little sad, because we loved staying here but also looking forward to seeing the Cote d'Azure. We;ll be up early to drive back to Avignon, drop off the car and catch the TGV train to Nice. I checked the weather and it will be 21 degrees there tomorrow - yeahh! Once again, I'm hoping for internet coverage at the hotel there - if not, we may have to go silent for while, but we'll be back.
We then headed to the town where all that famous wine is grown, Chateauneuf du Pape.
We did a wine tasting at the Alain Jaume winery and Carl bought a magnum of their top Chateauneuf du Pape - apparently it will keep well for another 30 years but there is little chance we'll allow it to stay uncorked for that long!
We headed back to St. Remy de Provence and strolled the streets. I shot a few photos of various shops and buildings - it's such a beautiful town - very quaint and charming. Very quite this time of year but the summer months are a different story.
Tomorrow we leave for Eze - a little sad, because we loved staying here but also looking forward to seeing the Cote d'Azure. We;ll be up early to drive back to Avignon, drop off the car and catch the TGV train to Nice. I checked the weather and it will be 21 degrees there tomorrow - yeahh! Once again, I'm hoping for internet coverage at the hotel there - if not, we may have to go silent for while, but we'll be back.
Don't miss Le Jardin Exotiques in Eze. I'll expect a photo of the view from the terrace. Wishing you warm and less windy weather from now on.
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