Saturday, August 22, 2009

The most beautiful town in France






Glenn and Rosanna and I had a lovely bike ride today. We went to Vaison la Romaine first and had pastries in the town square and then coffee at a little shop where the musically inclined barista (or maybe his son or nephew) expressed quite a bit of interest in emigrating to Canada and had a lot of questions about how to acquire "immigration points". The coffee was delicious. From there we went to Seguret, which is a ville perche (accent aigu on last e) and one of the most beautiful villages in France (if it does say so itself). Glenn took many many photos and a movie. I will see how many I can post. From there we went on to Villedieu for lunch, and then to a winery on the way home where we got a red cote du rhone and a rose which Rosanna carried in her panniers, but which she does not think she will do again in the afternoon when it is hot and the rode home is uphill. It was an excellent ride, about 65 km in total with some excellent views of vineyards and rolling terrain. Rosanna passed me on a hill, and we are trying to convince her to attempt the ascent of le Mont Ventoux, but she is expressing reservations about the trip back down. We shall see. Now Glenn and I are on our second pint at the Blueberry cyber cafe and I am getting caught up, or trying to, on this blog. He is reading Foreign Affairs and checking out the bikes and cyclists (quote; "this town is lousy with cycling enthusiasts"). Things are much improved since Glenn arrived with the camera cable to enable pictures to be downloaded on to my computer, and since he organized the images so that I can grab and insert them. Now I just need to figure out how to manipulate the layout.

3 comments:

  1. Sounds gorgeous and like a lot of fun! Enjoy yourselves kids! We had a tornado here on Thursday (for real!), but all is otherwise calm.

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  2. Chat lunatique? Did I miss the explanation of this odd bit of local vernacular? Love to Glenn and Rosanna.

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  3. Hmm ... "we first had pastries in the town square and then coffee at a little shop." ... you had me at bonjour!

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