Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Sightseeing around the Luberon

Today we visited some villages in the area. The first village was Gordes the most famous hill village in Provence built entirely of dry stone.
Amazing selection of cheeses.

They had their weekly market in the streets so we browsed at that and bumped into the kiwis we had seen in Cappadocia  and who were also going to be staying at the same B&B as us. In the afternoon we visited a nearby village called Roussillon. An amazing village with its clay hills made up of a dozen shades of ocre from oranges, reds and yellows. A painters & photographers dream. Then we went on to the Abbey de Senanque founded in 1145 and is inhabited by monks. In the summer the Abbey is framed by lavender. Unfortunately it was only just bursting into flower so we didn't see it at its best. 
We arrived back at the B&B and met up with the kiwis and heard their travel stories. Then at 8pm the B&B had a French chef in for the evening and cooked up a beautiful 3 course meal for us all along with a different wine for each course. A great night was had by all and it was 1am by the time we went to bed.
Dinner at the B&B
Tony in the wine cellar at the B&B 

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